Mountsorrel

Mountsorrel is a large village in on the , just south of . In 2021, it had a population of 12,885. It previously had a population in 2001 of 6,662 inhabitants, increasing to 8,223 at the 2011 census.
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  • Type: Village with 17,300 residents
  • Description: village and civil parish in Leicestershire, UK
  • Also known as: “Mountsorrel, Leicestershire”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Peter and Christ Church.

Church
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Church
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Railway station
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serves the large village of Barrow-upon-Soar in , England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line between and , 108 miles 52 chains north of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sileby and Quorn.

Village
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is a former industrial village and civil parish in the Soar Valley in the Charnwood borough of , England. It is located between and .

Village
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is a village and civil parish in , England, near the university town of . Its name was shortened from Quorndon in 1889, to avoid postal difficulties owing to its similarity to the name of another village, , in neighbouring Derbyshire.

Village
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is a village within the Soar Valley in , England. It is between , Rothley, Ratcliffe-on-the-Wreake and . The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 598. is situated 2 miles southeast of Mountsorrel.

Mountsorrel

Latitude
52.73229° or 52° 43′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.14272° or 1° 8′ 34″ west
Population
17,300
Elevation
236 feet (72 metres)
Open location code
9C4WPVJ4+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10459812
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2642096
Wiki­data ID
Q1612169
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Mountsorrel” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Mountsorrel”
  • Bengali: “মাউন্টসররেল”
  • Cebuano: “Mountsorrel”
  • Chinese: “蒙特索里尔”
  • Chinese: “蒙特索里爾”
  • Dutch: “Mountsorrel”
  • French: “Mountsorrel”
  • German: “Mountsorrel”
  • Gujarati: “માઉન્ટસોરેલ”
  • Irish: “Mountsorrel”
  • Italian: “Mountsorrel”
  • Japanese: “マウントスリール”
  • Kannada: “ಮೌಂಟ್ರಾರೆಲ್”
  • Korean: “마운트소렐”
  • Ladin: “Mountsorrel (Leicestershire)”
  • Ladin: “Mountsorrel”
  • Lithuanian: “Mauntsoleris”
  • Persian: “مانتسورل”
  • Polish: “Mountsorrel”
  • Portuguese: “Mountsorrel”
  • Russian: “Маунтсоррел”
  • Spanish: “Mountsorrel”
  • Swedish: “Mountsorrel”
  • Tamil: “மௌன்ட்சொர்ரெல்”
  • Telugu: “మౌంట్సోరెల్”
  • Turkish: “Mountsorrel”
  • Urdu: “موونتسوریل”
  • Welsh: “Mountsorrel”
  • “Mountsorrel”

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