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Winchester

Northern Europe

Winchester is a cathedral city in Hampshire, England, at the western end of the South Downs National Park on the River Itchen, 60 miles south-west of London and 14 miles from Southampton, its nearest major city. At the 2021 census the built-up area of Winchester had a population of 48,478, while the wider City of Winchester district, which includes towns such as Alresford and Bishop's Waltham, had a population of 127,439. Winchester is the county town of Hampshire and contains the head offices of Hampshire County Council.

Facts
Population
48,478 1
Latitude
51.063333 degrees north 2
Longitude
1.308611 degrees west 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+00:00 3
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Æthelstan

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Winchester Bible

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Winchester College

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Source Winchester College - WikipediaLead sentence 1
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Winchester College is an English public school (a fee-charging boarding school) for pupils aged 13–18 in Winchester, Hampshire.
Sources
1. Winchester (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    At the 2021 census, the built-up area of Winchester had a population of 48,478.
  • In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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2. Winchester (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 51.063333, longitude -1.308611
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3. GeoNames: Winchester - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 2633858
    51.06513 -1.3187 P PPLA2 GB ENG F2 24UP 46074 61 Europe/London
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 61 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, -1.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, -1.25
51.25 -1.25 Cfb
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Wikidata: Winchester
Wikidata Q172157, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source
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