Plockton

village in Lochalsh, Highland, Scotland, UK
Place human_settlement Q3997466
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Plockton

Summary

Plockton is a human settlement[1]. Plockton ranks in the top 0.63% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month, #228 of 35,923).[2]

Key Facts

  • Plockton is located in Lochalsh[3].
  • Plockton is located in Highland[4].
  • Plockton is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Plockton's image is recorded as Plockton waterfront - geograph.org.uk - 3694450.jpg[6].
  • Plockton's instance of is recorded as human settlement[7].
  • Plockton's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140903284[8].
  • Plockton's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n98881056[9].
  • Plockton's postal code is recorded as IV52[10].
  • Plockton's Commons category is recorded as Plockton[11].
  • Plockton's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[12].
  • Plockton's OS grid reference is recorded as NG805335[13].
  • Plockton's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.338, 'lon': -5.65231}[14].
  • Plockton's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01tsr3[15].
  • Plockton's official website is recorded as http://www.plockton.com/[16].
  • Plockton's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Plockton[17].
  • Plockton's page banner is recorded as Plockton banner.jpg[18].
  • Plockton's Curlie ID is recorded as Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Highland/Plockton/[19].
  • Plockton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+378'}[20].
  • Plockton's WOEID is recorded as 32161[21].
  • Plockton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Am Ploc'}[22].
  • Plockton's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Plockton'}[23].
  • Plockton's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2640213[24].
  • Plockton's BBC Things ID is recorded as 776dc459-4d42-401b-890c-aa9e6e21d7e2[25].
  • Plockton's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2605429[26].
  • Plockton's TOID is recorded as 4000000074542610[27].

Body

Geography

Plockton is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include Lochalsh[3], a civil parish[28], in United Kingdom[29] and Highland[4], a Scottish region[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1975[32].

Physical Characteristics

Plockton's population is recorded as {'amount': '+378'}[20].

Designation and Status

Plockton's instance of is recorded as human settlement[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Plockton include Plockton railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

Why It Matters

Plockton ranks in the top 0.63% of human_settlement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (164 views/month, #228 of 35,923).[2] Plockton has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36]

Entities named for Plockton include Plockton railway station[33], a railway station[34], in United Kingdom[35].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · JSeke · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Lochalsh, Highland
    Population
    Coordinate location {'lat': 57.338, 'lon': -5.65231}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1705]]: Am Ploc"
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