Arklow

Summary

Arklow is a human settlement^[1]. Arklow ranks in the top 0.62% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month, #221 of 35,923).^[2]

Key Facts

• Arklow is located in County Wicklow^[3].
• Arklow is in the country of Ireland^[4].
• Arklow is on the body of water River Avoca^[5].
• Arklow is on the body of water Irish Sea^[6].
• Arklow's image is recorded as Arklow - aerial - 2025-07-13 24.jpg^[7].
• Arklow's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[8].
• Arklow's instance of is recorded as town^[9].
• Arklow's twinned administrative body is recorded as Châteaudun^[10].
• Arklow's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 158360983^[11].
• Arklow's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n86114919^[12].
• Arklow's Commons category is recorded as Arklow^[13].
• Arklow's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 4557616^[14].
• Arklow's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[15].
• Arklow's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.7941, 'lon': -6.1649}^[16].
• Arklow's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/028h8m^[17].
• Arklow's official website is recorded as http://www.arklow.ie^[18].
• Arklow's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Arklow^[19].
• Arklow's MusicBrainz area ID is recorded as 7b71b844-9fcf-4eed-96dd-7ffa915aa4ff^[20].
• Arklow's WOEID is recorded as 559505^[21].
• Arklow's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Arklow's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Arklow's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition^[24].
• Arklow's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[25].
• Arklow's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Arklow^[26].
• Arklow's category for people born here is recorded as Q111584591^[27].

Body

Geography

Arklow is in the country of Ireland^[4]. Arklow is located in County Wicklow^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include River Avoca^[5], a river^[28], in Ireland^[29] and Irish Sea^[6], a sea^[30], in United Kingdom^[31].

Physical Characteristics

Arklow's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+20'}^[32].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include human settlement^[8] and town^[9].

Why It Matters

Arklow ranks in the top 0.62% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (155 views/month, #221 of 35,923).^[2] Arklow has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[33] Arklow is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[34]