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Wirksworth

town and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire, England
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Wirksworth

Summary

Wirksworth is a town[1]. Wirksworth ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wirksworth is located in Derbyshire Dales[3].
  • Wirksworth is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Wirksworth's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Wirksworth's instance of is recorded as civil parish[6].
  • Wirksworth's instance of is recorded as market town[7].
  • Wirksworth's shares border with is recorded as Cromford[8].
  • Wirksworth's shares border with is recorded as Middleton[9].
  • Wirksworth's shares border with is recorded as Hopton[10].
  • Wirksworth's shares border with is recorded as Callow[11].
  • Wirksworth's shares border with is recorded as Ashleyhay[12].
  • Wirksworth's shares border with is recorded as Alderwasley[13].
  • Wirksworth's shares border with is recorded as Dethick, Lea and Holloway[14].
  • Wirksworth's twinned administrative body is recorded as Frankenau[15].
  • Wirksworth's twinned administrative body is recorded as Q209773[16].
  • Wirksworth's postal code is recorded as DE4[17].
  • Wirksworth's Commons category is recorded as Wirksworth[18].
  • Wirksworth's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[19].
  • Wirksworth's local dialing code is recorded as 01629[20].
  • Wirksworth's OS grid reference is recorded as SK2853[21].
  • Wirksworth's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 53.08, 'lon': -1.57}[22].
  • Wirksworth's authority is recorded as Wirksworth Town Council[23].
  • Wirksworth's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wirksworth[24].
  • Wirksworth has a population of {'amount': '+5038'}[25].
  • Wirksworth has a population of {'amount': '+4902'}[26].
  • Wirksworth has a population of {'amount': '+4965'}[27].

Body

Geography

Wirksworth is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Wirksworth is located in Derbyshire Dales[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+5038'}[25], {'amount': '+4902'}[26], and {'amount': '+4965'}[27].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5], civil parish[6], and market town[7].

Why It Matters

Wirksworth ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (349 views/month).[2] Wirksworth has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Wirksworth is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved . neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Derbyshire Dales
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.08, 'lon': -1.57}
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Population → {'amount': '+5038'}, {'amount': '+4902'}, {'amount': '+4965'}
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48912|batch #48912]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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