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Cambridge

englische Universitätsstadt, Hauptort von Cambridgeshire

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Cambridge is a city in the English county of Cambridgeshire, located north of London on the River Cam, with a population of around 145,700 people as of 2021. It has been an important settlement since ancient times, serving as a significant trading center during the Roman and Viking periods before receiving its first town charters in the 12th century.

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UK legislation.long_title: An Act for inclosing Lands in the Parish of Saint Andrew the Less, otherwise called Barnwell, in the Town of Cambridge, in the County of Cambridge, and certain Lands in the Parishes of Saint Andrew the Great, Saint Mary the Great, and Saint Mary the Less, or some or one of them, in the said Town of Cambridge, lying intermixed with the Lands in the said Parish of Saint Andrew the Less, otherwise called Barnwell.
UK legislation.year: 1807
UK legislation.citation: 47 Geo. 3 Sess. 2. c. 60
UK legislation.royal_assent: 13 August 1807
UK legislation.collapsed: yes
COA wide.name: City of Cambridge
COA wide.image: File: Arms of the Cambridge City Council.svg
COA wide.imagesize: 220
COA wide.escutcheon: Gules a Bridge of one arch surmounted by three Towers Or in chief a Fleur-de-Lys Gold between two Roses Argent the base barry way of the last and Azure thereon three Ships each with one mast and yardarm the sail furled also Sable.
COA wide.supporters: On either side a Sea Horse the upper parts Gules the nether part proper finned Or
COA wide.symbolism: Cambridge owes its name and early development to the bridge at the farthest navigable part of the Cam (formerly Granta) river. The arms show this importance in the bridge, ships and sea horses. The roses and the fleur-de-lis are royal and national emblems.
COA wide.year_granted: The arms were officially granted on 7 June 1575 by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, and recorded in the Visitation of 1648.
COA wide.crest: On a Wreath Or and Gules upon a Mount Vert a Bridge in the form of a castle with two Ports and three domed Towers and between the Towers two Turrets also domed Argent.
Settlement.name: Cambridge
Settlement.settlement_type: City and non-metropolitan district
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of the City of Cambridge.png
Settlement.image_shield: Arms of the Cambridge City Council.svg
Settlement.image_map: Cambridge UK locator map.svg

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Instance of: civil parish
Official name: Cambridge
Demonym: cantabrigensi
Country: United Kingdom
Official language: English language
Population: 101643
Area: 40.7
Elevation: 6
Time zone: UTC+01:00
Capital of: East of England
Official website: www.cambridge.gov.uk
Image: KingsCollegeChapelWest.jpg
Dialing code: 01223

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P12749: epitaph
writing system: Latin script
twinned administrative body: Cambridge
Commons category: Cambridge
postal code: CB
topic's main category: Category:Cambridge
Commons gallery: Cambridge
category for people born here: Category:Births in Cambridge
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Cambridge
category of associated people: Category:People from Cambridge
native label: Cambridge
inception: 0001-00-00
different from: Cambridge

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Cambridge [ˈkeɪmbɹɪdʒ] ist eine englische Stadt im Vereinigten Königreich und die Hauptstadt der Grafschaft Cambridgeshire mit etwa 131.800 Einwohnern, darunter etwa 24.500 Studenten. Berühmt sind die University of Cambridge, die gotische Kapelle und der Chor des King’s College, die Universitätsbibliothek sowie das Trinity College. Nach Cambridge sind die Titel des Duke, des Marquess und des Earl of Cambridge benannt.

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