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Aquae Sulis

Northern Europe

Aquae Sulis was a small town in the Roman province of Britannia, established within the first few years after the Roman conquest of Britain, at the point where the Fosse Way crosses the River Avon amid naturally occurring hot springs. By the 3rd century AD it had grown into an important walled temple and bath complex that appears to have drawn visitors before falling into disrepair and eventual decline by the start of the 5th century. Ancient sources recorded the settlement under variant names, including Aquis Sulis in the Antonine Itinerary and Aquae calidae in Ptolemy's 2nd-century Geographia. Its site is occupied today by the city of Bath, England.

Facts
Population
98,161 1
Latitude
51.380889 degrees north 2
Longitude
2.359639 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
Sources
1. City Population (citypopulation.de): United Kingdom: Countries and Major Cities
City Population (citypopulation.de)Cities table, 2024-06-30 estimate column (Bath)
Quote, Cities table, 2024-06-30 estimate column (Bath)
Bath ENG 83,286 88,180 94,092 98,161 2284
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2. Aquae Sulis (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 51.380889, longitude -2.359639
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3. GeoNames: Bath - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2656173
    51.3751 -2.36172 P PPLA2 GB ENG A4 101557 96 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 96 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, -2.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, -2.25
51.25 -2.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Aquae Sulis
Wikidata Q622992, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Aquae Sulis (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
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