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Portsoy

village and former small burgh in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
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Portsoy

Summary

Portsoy is a village[1]. Portsoy ranks in the top 0.34% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month, #173 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Portsoy is located in Aberdeenshire[3].
  • Portsoy is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Portsoy's instance of is recorded as village[5].
  • Portsoy's postal code is recorded as AB45[6].
  • Portsoy's Commons category is recorded as Portsoy[7].
  • Portsoy's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[8].
  • Portsoy's OS grid reference is recorded as NJ589660[9].
  • Portsoy's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 57.683, 'lon': -2.688}[10].
  • Portsoy has a population of {'amount': '+1740'}[11].
  • Portsoy's list of monuments is recorded as list of listed buildings in Portsoy, Aberdeenshire[12].
  • Portsoy's historic county is recorded as Banffshire[13].

Body

Geography

Portsoy is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Portsoy is located in Aberdeenshire[3].

Physical Characteristics

Portsoy has a population of {'amount': '+1740'}[11].

Designation and Status

Portsoy's instance of is recorded as village[5].

Why It Matters

Portsoy ranks in the top 0.34% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month, #173 of 50,837).[2] Portsoy has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+1740'}
    Located in time zone → UTC±00:00
    Located in → —
    Instance of → village, small burgh
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||gd */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; remove alias=label/mul ([[User:Difool/WikidataCleanup]])"
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