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{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Bath
| country = England
| region = South West England
| static_image_name = 
| static_image_caption = [[Pulteney Bridge]]
| population = 88,859
| population_ref = <ref>Bath is a constituency and unparished area; at the time of the 2011 census the city was exactly co-extensive with 16 wards https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930205650/https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/query/asv2htm.aspx |date=30 September 2018 }}</ref>
| population_demonym = Bathonian
| os_grid_reference = ST750645
| map_alt = Map of Somerset, with a red dot showing the position of Bath in the north east corner
| coordinates = {{coord|51.38|-2.36|display=inline,title}}
| label_position = left
| post_town = BATH
| postcode_area = BA
| postcode_district = BA1, BA2
| dial_code = 01225
| constituency_westminster = [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]]
| london_distance = {{convert|97|mi|km|0}} [[Boxing the compass|E]]
| unitary_england = [[Bath and North East Somerset]]
| lieutenancy_england = [[Somerset]]
| embedded = {{Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site
|child = yes
|Official_name = City of Bath
|ID = 428
|Year = 1987
|Criteria = Cultural: i, ii, iv
|Area = 2,900 ha
}}
| static_image = Bath, England (38162201235).jpg
| static_image_2 = File:Bath monuments August 2016 09.jpg
| static_image_2_caption = York Street, south to [[Roman Baths (Bath)|The Roman Baths]]
}}
'''Bath''' is a [[city]] in the [[county]] of [[Somerset]] in [[England]]. It is {{convert|97|mi}} west of London, and {{convert|13|mi}} southeast of Bristol.

Bath is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name="heritage">UNESCO, [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/428 "City of Bath"]; retrieved 2012-4-19.</ref> The city has preserved some of its [[Roman Empire|Roman]] remains and its 18th century [[architecture]].

==History==
The city gets its name from the famous [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[bath]]s in the town. The Romans built the baths as part of a [[spa]], in the year 43&nbsp;BC. They called it ''Aquae Sulis'', which means "The waters of Sulis". Sulis was a local goddess.<ref name="heritage"/>

During the [[Middle Ages]], it was an important city for buying and selling [[wool]].<ref name="heritage"/>

Bath became a city in 1585, when [[Queen Elizabeth I]] declared it to be one.

Bath has two universities and several schools and colleges.

Bath is where [[Roald Dahl]]'s [[short story]] "The Landlady" takes place. The city is also mentioned in many of [[Jane Austen]]'s books, like ''Northanger Abbey'', ''Sense and Sensibility'', and ''Pride and Prejudice.''

{{wide image|Royal Crescent in Bath, England - July 2006.jpg|800px|alt=Wide image of a symmetrical semicircular terrace of yellow stone buildings. Grass in the foreground.|A panoramic view of the Royal Crescent}}

{{wide image|Puente Pulteney, Bath, Inglaterra, 2014-08-12, DD 51.JPG |600px|Pulteney Bridge in Bath, designed by [[Robert Adam]]. It is one of only four bridges in the world to have shops on both sides.}}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="170px" perrow="2">
File:Pulteney Bridge, Bath 2.jpg|Pulteney Bridge by Robert Adam
File:BathRoyalCrescentAirial morecontrast.jpg|Aerial view of Royal Crescent at Bath
</gallery>

==References==
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==Other websites==
* {{Commons category-inline|Bath, Somerset}}


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