Stockport
town in Greater Manchester, England
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Summary
Stockport is a town[1]. Stockport ranks in the top 0.085% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,867 views/month, #8 of 9,456).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Stockport[3]
- Country: United Kingdom[4]
- Instance of: unparished area[5], market town[6]
- Shares border with: Poynton[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Béziers[8]
- Commons category: Stockport[9]
- Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[10]
- Local dialing code: 0161[11]
- OS grid reference: SJ895900[12]
- Official website: https://www.stockport.gov.uk[13]
- IPA transcription: [ˈstɔkˌpôrt][14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Stockport[15]
- Population: 294,773[16]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The New Student's Reference Work[20]
- Capital of: Stockport[21], County Borough of Stockport[22]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Stockport[23]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Stockport[24]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Stockport[25]
- Different from: Stockport[26]
- Elevation above sea level: 59 m[27]
- Area: 126.1 km²[28]
- Historic county: Cheshire[29], Lancashire[30]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Stockport include Stockport railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33] and Stockport[34], a village of Ohio[35], in United States[36].
Why It Matters
Stockport has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Stockport is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]
Entities named for Stockport include Stockport railway station[31], a railway station[32], in United Kingdom[33] and Stockport[34], a village of Ohio[35], in United States[36].