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Crail

former royal burgh in the East Neuk of Fife, Scotland, UK
Place town Q1010416
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Crail

Summary

Crail is a town[1]. Crail ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (598 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Crail is located in Fife[3].
  • Crail is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Crail's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Crail's Commons category is recorded as Crail[6].
  • Crail's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[7].
  • Crail's OS grid reference is recorded as NO613078[8].
  • Crail's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.2608, 'lon': -2.6263}[9].
  • Crail's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crail[10].
  • Crail has a population of {'amount': '+1680'}[11].
  • Crail's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[12].
  • Crail's historic county is recorded as Fife[13].

Body

Geography

Crail is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Crail is located in Fife[3].

Physical Characteristics

Crail has a population of {'amount': '+1680'}[11].

Designation and Status

Crail's instance of is recorded as town[5].

Why It Matters

Crail ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (598 views/month).[2] Crail has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Crail is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 10d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Fife, Crail, Fife +1
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 56.2608, 'lon': -2.6263}
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia
    Population → {'amount': '+1680'}
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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