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West Calder

town in West Lothian, Scotland, UK
Place village Q1011751
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West Calder

Summary

West Calder is a village[1]. It ranks in the top 0.42% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month, #211 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • West Calder is located in West Lothian[3].
  • West Calder is located in West Calder[4].
  • West Calder is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • West Calder's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • West Calder's Commons category is recorded as West Calder[7].
  • West Calder's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[8].
  • West Calder's OS grid reference is recorded as NT019632[9].
  • West Calder's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.852, 'lon': -3.56854}[10].
  • West Calder's topic's main category is recorded as Category:West Calder[11].
  • West Calder has a population of {'amount': '+3130'}[12].
  • West Calder's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • West Calder's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'gd', 'text': 'Caladar an Iar'}[14].
  • West Calder's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'West Calder'}[15].
  • West Calder's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from West Calder[16].
  • West Calder's historic county is recorded as Midlothian[17].

Body

Geography

West Calder is in the country of United Kingdom[5]. Located in include West Lothian[3], a council area[18], in United Kingdom[19] and it[4], a civil parish[20], in United Kingdom[21].

Physical Characteristics

West Calder has a population of {'amount': '+3130'}[12].

Designation and Status

West Calder's instance of is recorded as village[6].

Why It Matters

West Calder ranks in the top 0.42% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (41 views/month, #211 of 50,837).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . 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] ↑ . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ainmean-aite.scot. ainmean-aite.scot. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] ↑ . 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. [22] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 55.852, 'lon': -3.56854}
    Instance of → —
    Coordinates → —
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43331|batch #43331]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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