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Middlesex

historic county of England
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Summary

Middlesex is a historic county of England[1]. Middlesex draws 7,584 Wikipedia views per month (historic county of england category, ranking #3 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Greater London[3], England[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Instance of: former administrative territorial entity[6], administrative county[7], county council area[8], ceremonial county of England[9]
  • Shares border with: Buckinghamshire[10], Hertfordshire[11], Essex[12], Kent[13], Surrey[14], County of London[15]
  • Flag: flag of Middlesex[16]
  • Legislative body: Middlesex County Council[17], Middlesex Quarter Sessions[18]
  • Postal code: EN[19], HA[20], TW[21], UB[22]
  • Part of: England[23]
  • Commons category: Middlesex[24]
  • Catalog code: MSX[25]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: April 1, 1965[26]
  • Coordinate location: 51.546055555555554, -0.2622777777777778[27]
  • Significant event: boundary change[28]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Middlesex[29]
  • Population: 2,234,543[30]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[32], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[33], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[34]
  • Category for people born here: Category:People born in Middlesex[35]
  • Category for people who died here: Q32372995[36]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Middlesex[37]
  • Different from: Middlesex[38]
  • Area: 601.7[39]
  • Territory overlaps: Metropolitan Board of Works area[40], Metropolitan Police District[41]
  • Located in the present-day administrative territorial entity: Greater London[42], Surrey[43], Hertfordshire[44]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Middlesex[45]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Middlesex include Middlesex County[46], a county of Massachusetts[47], in United States[48], founded in 1643[49].

Why It Matters

Middlesex has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[50] Middlesex is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[51]

Entities named for Middlesex include Middlesex County[46], a county of Massachusetts[47], in United States[48], founded in 1643[49].

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [50] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [51] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Abductive · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947) +1
    Part of → —
    Instance of → historic county of England, former administrative territorial entity, administrative county +2
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