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County Wexford

county in Ireland
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Summary

County Wexford is a county of Ireland[1]. It draws 1,653 Wikipedia views per month (county of ireland category, ranking #11 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Leinster[3]
  • Country: Ireland[4]
  • Capital: Wexford[5]
  • Shares border with: County Wicklow[6], County Carlow[7], County Kilkenny[8]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Gorey[9], Enniscorthy[10], New Ross[11], Wexford[12]
  • Legislative body: legislative body of Wexford County Council[13]
  • Executive body: office of the Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council[14]
  • Commons category: County Wexford[15]
  • Licence plate code: WX[16]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[17]
  • Official website: http://www.wexford.ie[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Wexford[19]
  • Population: 145,273[20]
  • Office held by head of government: Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council[21]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[24], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26]
  • Topic has template: Template:County Wexford[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Wexford[28]
  • Native label: Loch Garman[29]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Wexford[30]
  • Area: 2365.0 km²[31]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of County Wexford[32]
  • Historic county: County Wexford[33]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for County Wexford include Wexford County[34], a county of Michigan[35], in United States[36], founded in 1840[37].

Why It Matters

County Wexford has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

Entities named for it include Wexford County[34], a county of Michigan[35], in United States[36], founded in 1840[37].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Placenames Database of Ireland. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → wexford-ireland-county
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: wexford-ireland-county, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289971286|wexford ireland county (#289971286)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalo"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q27326
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q27326, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 19w ago · Watmildon · 2026-05-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates → —
    Country → Ireland
    Legislative body → legislative body of Wexford County Council
    Shares border with → County Wicklow, County Carlow, County Kilkenny
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Flag: Q140002973, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780257566931"
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