Lincolnshire

ceremonial county in the east of England
AdministrativeArea ceremonial_county_of_england Q23090
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Summary

Lincolnshire is a ceremonial county of England[1]. Lincolnshire draws 7,238 Wikipedia views per month (ceremonial county of england category, ranking #20 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: East Midlands[3], Yorkshire and the Humber[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Capital: Lincoln[6]
  • Shares border with: East Riding of Yorkshire[7], Rutland[8], Norfolk[9], Cambridgeshire[10], Leicestershire[11], Nottinghamshire[12], South Yorkshire[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: North East Lincolnshire[14], North Lincolnshire[15], Lincolnshire[16]
  • Part of: East Midlands[17]
  • Commons category: Lincolnshire[18]
  • Said to be the same as: Lincolnshire[19]
  • Has part(s): North Lincolnshire[20], North East Lincolnshire[21], Lincolnshire[22]
  • Official website: https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Lincolnshire[24]
  • Population: 1,066,100[25], 1,087,659[26], 1,098,445[27]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[28], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[30], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[32], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[33], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[34]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Lincolnshire[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Lincolnshire[36]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Lincolnshire[37]
  • Category for people buried here: Category:Burials in Lincolnshire[38]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Lincolnshire[39]
  • Different from: Lincolnshire[40]
  • Area: 6975.4463 km²[41]
  • Geography of topic: geography of Lincolnshire[42]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Lincolnshire[43]
  • Historic county: Lincolnshire[44]

Why It Matters

Lincolnshire has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] Lincolnshire is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . ordnancesurvey.co.uk. ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [4] ↑ . 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.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ons.gov.uk. ons.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . citypopulation.de. citypopulation.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . ons.maps.arcgis.com. ons.maps.arcgis.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → —
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    Economy of topic → economy of Lincolnshire
    Topic's main category → Category:Lincolnshire
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    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: lincolnshire, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289941189|lincolnshire (#289941189)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
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