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Haddington

town in East Lothian, Scotland, UK
Place Town Q2281658

Facts

16 properties

Identity

Instance of
town, small burgh
Official website
www.haddingtoncc.org.uk[10]

Location

Country
United Kingdom[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 55.956°, -2.783°
Located in or next to body of water
River Tyne[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
East Lothian, Haddington, East Lothian, East Lothian[2]

Population and size

Population
+9130[11]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 9,130 GeoNames 9,020 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗

Codes

Local dialing code
01620[7]
Postal code
EH41[6]
More facts +7
Capital of
East Lothian[14]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12][13]
Different from
Haddington[15]
Historic county
East Lothian[16]
OS grid reference
NT511739[8]
Significant event
Siege of Haddington[9]
Twinned administrative body
Aubigny-sur-Nère[5]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 33
VIAF cluster ID
126832661
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n96029321
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Haddington.jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
12586
BBC News topic ID
cgmxjppkj1wt
BBC Things ID
32a903d4-e857-4b4a-b708-bff07b8a9fb5
Curlie ID
Regional/Europe/United_Kingdom/Scotland/East_Lothian/Haddington/
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Haddington
FactGrid item ID
Cajamarca
Freebase ID
/m/05qtwk
GB1900 ID
581473bd2c66dc3849006e1f
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2597936
Show all 33 identifiers +21
GSS code (2011)
S20000426, S19000464
Gazetteer for Scotland place ID
towns/townfirst278
GeoNames ID
2647686
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Haddington
J9U entity ID
987007537792805171
MusicBrainz area ID
d22eddaf-1757-4d87-91cc-ad8f33df9daf
NL CR AUT ID
ge679985
Quora topic ID
Haddington-East-Lothian
RKD thesaurus ID
5983
SNARC ID
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Spanish Cultural Heritage thesauri ID
geografico/1203581
TOID
4000000074555306
Topic's main category
Category:Haddington, East Lothian
UN/LOCODE
GBHAD
Vision of Britain place ID
16666
Vision of Britain unit ID
10359880
Wellcome Collection concept ID
nf4ym6r3
Who's on First ID
101872461
Wikishire article ID
Haddington
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxCtXGG4DbXdcmVVbyTpP
Yale LUX ID
place/68a13a1e-ed4c-477d-bb39-83b3cf90564b

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🔗 Connections
People born here 13
John Knox, Alexander, Samuel Smiles, John Major, Jane Welsh Carlyle, Christian Ramsay, Margaret of Scotland, Countess of Kent, Finlay Calder +5 more
People who died here 3
John Brown, Chris MacKintosh, Padraig, Earl of Atholl
Described by source 2
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Capital of 1
East Lothian
Country 1
United Kingdom
Different from 1
Haddington
FactGrid item ID 1
Cajamarca
Instance of 1
town
Located in or next to body of water 1
River Tyne
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
East Lothian
Located in this place 1
St Mary's Collegiate Church
Located in time zone 1
UTC+00:00
Residents 1
Gelie Duncan
SNARC ID 1
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
Twinned administrative body 1
Aubigny-sur-Nère
← Capital 1
East Lothian
← Primary destinations 1
A1 road
← Twinned administrative body 1
Aubigny-sur-Nère
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Summary

Haddington is a town[1].

Related Entities

Alexander Aubigny-sur-Nère Cajamarca Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen John Knox River Tyne Samuel Smiles United Kingdom

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → East Lothian, Haddington
    Official website → http://www.haddingtoncc.org.uk/
    Coordinate location → 55.956°, -2.783°
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #48912: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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