Callington

town and civil parish in south-east Cornwall
Place town Q2045500
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Callington

Summary

Callington is a town[1]. Callington has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Callington is located in Cornwall[3].
  • Callington is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Callington's instance of is recorded as town[5].
  • Callington's instance of is recorded as market town[6].
  • Callington's twinned administrative body is recorded as Barsbüttel[7].
  • Callington's twinned administrative body is recorded as Guipavas[8].
  • Callington's postal code is recorded as PL17[9].
  • Callington's Commons category is recorded as Callington, Cornwall[10].
  • Callington's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[11].
  • Callington's said to be the same as is recorded as Callington[12].
  • Callington's local dialing code is recorded as 01579[13].
  • Callington's OS grid reference is recorded as SX359696[14].
  • Callington's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.503, 'lon': -4.316}[15].
  • Callington's authority is recorded as Callington Town Council[16].
  • Callington's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Callington[17].
  • Callington has a population of {'amount': '+5970'}[18].
  • Callington has a population of {'amount': '+5983'}[19].
  • Callington has a population of {'amount': '+4783'}[20].
  • Callington has a population of {'amount': '+5786'}[21].
  • Callington's described by source is recorded as Akademi Kernewek's Place Names[22].
  • Callington's different from is recorded as Callington[23].
  • Callington's historic county is recorded as Cornwall[24].

Body

Geography

Callington is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Callington is located in Cornwall[3].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+5970'}[18], {'amount': '+5983'}[19], {'amount': '+4783'}[20], and {'amount': '+5786'}[21].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[5] and market town[6].

Why It Matters

Callington has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Callington is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . 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.
  16. [18] . cornwall.gov.uk. cornwall.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Akademi Kernewek's Place Names. Retrieved . akademikernewek.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Cornwall
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.503, 'lon': -4.316}
    Described by source Akademi Kernewek's Place Names
    Population {'amount': '+5970'}, {'amount': '+5983'}, {'amount': '+4783'} +1
    + 14 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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