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Cambridge

City in Cambridgeshire, England

Country: United Kingdom(since 1922)
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1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2024-01-27
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, Kingdom of Great Britain(1707–1800)
, Kingdom of England(until 1707)
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Located in: Cambridge
Population: 123,867(2011)
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1.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6275044&c=cambridge&d=13&e=62&g=6405296&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1488900139499&enc=1
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, 108,863(2001)
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1.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=6275044&c=cambridge&d=13&e=15&g=6405296&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1488900215390&enc=1
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, 107,496(1991)
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Area: 40.7 km²
Elevation: 6 m
Founded: 1st century
Postal code: CB
Website: cambridge.gov.uk

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Cambridge is a city and non-metropolitan district in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It is the county town of Cambridgeshire and is located on the River Cam, 55 miles (89 km) north of London. As of the 2021 United Kingdom census, the population of the City of Cambridge was 145,700; the population of the wider built-up area was 181,137. There is archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dating back to as early as the Bronze Age, and Cambridge became an important trading centre during the Roman and Viking eras. The first town charters were granted in the 12th century, although modern city status was not officially conferred until 1951.

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Twinned administrative body: Heidelberg(since 1965)
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1.heidelberg.de/hd/HD/Leben/cambridge.html
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Szeged(since 1987)
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1.szegedvaros.hu/aranyoldalak/cambridge-egyesult-kiralysag/
2.szegedtourism.hu/hu/cambridge-egyesult-kiralysag/
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Cambridge
Local dialing code: 01223
Shares border with: Histon and Impington
Native label: Cambridge pronunciation audio: En-uk-Cambridge.ogg
Official name: Cambridge
Capital of: Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
East of England
Cambridgeshire
Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Cambridge
Legislative body: Cambridge City Council
Script: Latin script
Demonym: Cantabrigian
cantabrigensi applies to part: masculine plural
Historic county: Cambridgeshire
Economy of topic: economy of Cambridge
Official language: English
Different from: University of Cambridge
Cambridge criterion used: same or similar name
Cambridge criterion used: toponym is not unique

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52.2081, 0.1225OpenStreetMap ↗

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