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Gloucester

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Gloucester is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in South West England. It lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, situated 7 miles (11 kilometers) from Cheltenham, 19 miles (31 kilometers) from Monmouth, 33 miles (53 kilometers) from Bristol and 17 miles (27 kilometers) east of the England-Wales border. It has a population of around 132,000 including suburban areas, and is a port linked via the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal to the Severn Estuary.

Facts
Population
132,416 1
Area (sq km)
34.5 2
Founding Year
48 3
Latitude
51.865278 degrees north 2
Longitude
2.245833 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 4
Climate Zone
Temperate 5
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 4
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Gloucester Court of Probate

Also in Law Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Sources
1. Gloucester (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox: population_total
    132,416
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Gloucester (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 51.865278, longitude -2.245833
  • P2046 (area)
    area 34.5 sq km
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3. Gloucester (Wikipedia)
Lead section
Quote, Lead section
Gloucester ( GLOSS-tər) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England.
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4. GeoNames: Gloucester - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2648404
    51.86568 -2.2431 P PPLA2 GB ENG E6 23UE 132416 24 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 24 m
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5. 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 51.75, -2.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.75, -2.25
51.75 -2.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Gloucester
Wikidata Q170497, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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