Western Europe

western part of the European continent
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Summary

Western Europe is a region[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of region entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,915 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Austria[3], Belgium[4], France[5], Germany[6], Luxembourg[7], Monaco[8], Netherlands[9], Switzerland[10]
  • Part of: Europe[11]
  • Commons category: Western Europe[12]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Western Europe[13]
  • Population: 201,081,297[14]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Western Europe[15]
  • Demonym: Westeuropäer[16], Westeuropäerin[17]
  • Category of associated people: Category:Western European people[18]
  • Short name: 西欧[19], 서구[20]
  • Different from: Western world[21]
  • History of topic: history of Western Europe[22]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Western Europe[23]
  • Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of Western Europe[24]

Why It Matters

Western Europe has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . unstats.un.org. Retrieved . unstats.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['europe-western', 'western-europe']
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Determination method or standard: record linkage, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260983|batch #260983]]"
  2. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → ['europe-western', 'western-europe']
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: europe-western, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289927279|europe western (#289927279)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's "
  3. 14w ago · Mullanur · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de france id → 119313058
    Described by source → Q602358
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinates of easternmost point → 35.9229,29.7291
    Coordinates of southernmost point → 34.69698,24.09585
    Coordinates of westernmost point → 38.78099411,-9.50053453
    Coordinates of northernmost point → 71.1338906,27.6510362
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ Yso id: 110166, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  5. 21w ago · Shisma · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → Europe
    Category of associated people → Category:Western European people
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Western world
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Coordinates of easternmost point: 41°34'29.6"N, 6°11'24.7"W, Copying Coordinates of easternmost point from Portugal, using [[User:Melderick/moveClaims2.js|moveClaims2.js]]"
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