Paisley

town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
Place town Q211870
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Paisley

Summary

Paisley is a town[1]. Paisley ranks in the top 0.5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,312 views/month, #47 of 9,456).[2]

Key Facts

  • Paisley is located in Renfrewshire[3].
  • Paisley is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Paisley is on the body of water River Cart[5].
  • Paisley's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Paisley's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fürth[7].
  • Paisley's postal code is recorded as PA1[8].
  • Paisley's postal code is recorded as PA2[9].
  • Paisley's postal code is recorded as PA3[10].
  • Paisley's Commons category is recorded as Paisley, Scotland[11].
  • Paisley's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[12].
  • Paisley's local dialing code is recorded as 0141[13].
  • Paisley's local dialing code is recorded as 01505[14].
  • Paisley's OS grid reference is recorded as NS485635[15].
  • Paisley's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 55.845555555555556, 'lon': -4.4238888888888885}[16].
  • Paisley's official website is recorded as http://www.paisley.org.uk[17].
  • Paisley's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Paisley, Renfrewshire[18].
  • Paisley has a population of {'amount': '+76220'}[19].
  • Paisley has a population of {'amount': '+77220'}[20].
  • Paisley's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[21].
  • Paisley's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[22].
  • Paisley's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[23].
  • Paisley's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • Paisley's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[25].
  • Paisley's capital of is recorded as Renfrewshire[26].
  • Paisley's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Paisley, Scotland[27].

Body

Geography

Paisley is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Paisley is located in Renfrewshire[3]. Paisley is on the body of water River Cart[5].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+76220'}[19] and {'amount': '+77220'}[20].

Designation and Status

Paisley's instance of is recorded as town[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Paisley include paisley[28], a pattern[29], in Iran[30].

Why It Matters

Paisley ranks in the top 0.5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,312 views/month, #47 of 9,456).[2] Paisley has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Paisley is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Paisley include paisley[28], a pattern[29], in Iran[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nrscotland.gov.uk. nrscotland.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . 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. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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