Penicuik

town and former burgh in Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Place town Q1011428
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Penicuik

Summary

Penicuik is a town[1]. Penicuik ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,505 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Penicuik is located in Midlothian[3].
  • Penicuik is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Penicuik's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Penicuik's twinned administrative body is recorded as L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue[6].
  • Penicuik's postal code is recorded as EH26[7].
  • Penicuik's Commons category is recorded as Penicuik[8].
  • Penicuik's local dialing code is recorded as 01968[9].
  • Penicuik's OS grid reference is recorded as NT2359[10].
  • Penicuik's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.826, 'lon': -3.22}[11].
  • Penicuik's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Penicuik[12].
  • Penicuik has a population of {'amount': '+15926'}[13].
  • Penicuik has a population of {'amount': '+16120'}[14].
  • Penicuik's list of monuments is recorded as list of listed buildings in Penicuik, Scottish Borders[15].
  • Penicuik's category for people born here is recorded as Q7115754[16].
  • Penicuik's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[17].

Body

Geography

Penicuik is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Penicuik is located in Midlothian[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+15926'}[13] and {'amount': '+16120'}[14].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Penicuik ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,505 views/month).[2] Penicuik has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Penicuik is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . 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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . 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. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 19
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', 'fr', 'ga', 'gd', 'it', 'nl',
    Gnd id → 7743615-5
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 18w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Penicuik
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Midlothian, Penicuik, Midlothian +1
    List of monuments → list of listed buildings in Penicuik, Scottish Borders
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaimvalue:1| */ [[Property:P17]]: [[Q145]], см. / see [[Template:Autofix|autofix]] на / on [[Property talk:P17]]"
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