Amersham
Amersham is in Buckinghamshire, England. Home to 17,000 inhabitants, it is the heart of "Metro-land", where London suburbs meet the Chiltern Hills, a place where some of the best walks in the British countryside are located.
- Type: Town with 21,700 residents
- Description: market town in Buckinghamshire, England
- Also known as: “Agmodesham/gw”, “Amersham, Buckinghamshire”, “Amersham, England”, “아머셤”, “アマースハム”, and “アマシャム”
- Historically known as: “Agmonsdesham”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Amersham station and Amersham Museum.
Amersham station
Metro station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chesham and Chesham Bois.
Little Chalfont
Village
Amersham
- Categories: civil parish, market town, and locality
- Location: Chiltern District, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.6767° or 51° 40′ 36″ north
Longitude
-0.6077° or 0° 36′ 28″ west
Population
21,700
Elevation
312 feet (95 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB AME
Open location code
9C3XM9GR+MW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Amersham” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أمرشام”
- Asturian: “Amersham”
- Basque: “Amersham”
- Belarusian: “Амершам”
- Bengali: “এমারশ্যাম”
- Bulgarian: “Амършам”
- Catalan: “Amersham”
- Cebuano: “Amersham (parokya)”
- Cebuano: “Amersham”
- Chinese: “阿默舍姆”
- Czech: “Amersham”
- Dutch: “Amersham”
- Esperanto: “Amersham”
- French: “Amersham”
- German: “Amersham”
- Gujarati: “એમર્શમ”
- Hebrew: “אמרשם”
- Hungarian: “Amersham”
- Irish: “Amersham”
- Italian: “Amersham”
- Japanese: “アマーシャム”
- Kannada: “ಅಮರ್ಸ್ಹ್ಯಾಮ್”
- Korean: “아머샴”
- Ladin: “Amersham”
- Latin: “Amershamia”
- Lithuanian: “Ameršamas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Amersham”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Amersham”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Amersham”
- Norwegian: “Amersham”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Agmodesham”
- Persian: “امرشام”
- Polish: “Amersham”
- Portuguese: “Amersham”
- Romanian: “Amersham”
- Russian: “Амершам”
- Russian: “Амершем”
- Slovak: “Amersham”
- Slovenian: “Amersham”
- South Azerbaijani: “امرشام”
- Spanish: “Amersham”
- Swedish: “Amersham”
- Tamil: “ஆமெர்ஷம்”
- Telugu: “అమెర్శాం”
- Turkish: “Amersham”
- Ukrainian: “Амершем”
- Urdu: “ایمرشام”
- Volapük: “Amersham”
- Welsh: “Amersham”
- “Amersham”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Amersham Common and Amersham on the Hill.
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Worth a closer look: Milton Keynes and Aylesbury.
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