Elgin

former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland, UK
Place town Q841074
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Elgin

Summary

Elgin is a town[1]. Elgin has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Elgin is located in Moray[3].
  • Elgin is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Elgin's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Elgin's twinned administrative body is recorded as Landshut[6].
  • Elgin's postal code is recorded as IV30[7].
  • Elgin's Commons category is recorded as Elgin, Moray[8].
  • Elgin's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • Elgin's local dialing code is recorded as 01343[10].
  • Elgin's OS grid reference is recorded as NJ220626[11].
  • Elgin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.646388888889, 'lon': -3.3152777777778}[12].
  • Elgin's official website is recorded as https://www.elginscotland.com/[13].
  • Elgin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Elgin, Moray[14].
  • Elgin's Commons gallery is recorded as Elgin[15].
  • Elgin has a population of {'amount': '+23128'}[16].
  • Elgin has a population of {'amount': '+24760'}[17].
  • Elgin's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18].
  • Elgin's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • Elgin's capital of is recorded as Moray[20].
  • Elgin's category for people born here is recorded as Q18670357[21].
  • Elgin's category for people who died here is recorded as Q44819030[22].
  • Elgin's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Elgin, Moray[23].
  • Elgin's historic county is recorded as Morayshire[24].

Body

Geography

Elgin is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Elgin is located in Moray[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+23128'}[16] and {'amount': '+24760'}[17].

Designation and Status

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

Cultural Significance

Things named for Elgin include Elgin railway station[25], a railway station[26], in United Kingdom[27].

Why It Matters

Elgin has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Elgin is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for Elgin include Elgin railway station[25], a railway station[26], in United Kingdom[27].

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.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · JSeke · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Historic county Morayshire
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