Whimple

village and civil parish in Devon, United Kingdom
Place village Q2458749
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Summary

Whimple is a village[1]. Whimple ranks in the top 0.43% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #219 of 50,837).[2]

Key Facts

  • Whimple is located in East Devon[3].
  • Whimple is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Whimple's image is recorded as Church Road, Whimple - geograph.org.uk - 1509979.jpg[5].
  • Whimple's instance of is recorded as village[6].
  • Whimple's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Whimple's postal code is recorded as EX5[8].
  • Whimple's Commons category is recorded as Whimple[9].
  • Whimple's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 3361407[10].
  • Whimple's local dialing code is recorded as 01404[11].
  • Whimple's OS grid reference is recorded as SY044971[12].
  • Whimple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.766538888889, 'lon': -3.3568388888889}[13].
  • Whimple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08zjp9[14].
  • Whimple's authority is recorded as Whimple Parish Council[15].
  • Whimple's GSS code is recorded as E04012469[16].
  • Whimple's GSS code is recorded as E04002998[17].
  • Whimple's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1803'}[18].
  • Whimple's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1733'}[19].
  • Whimple's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1642'}[20].
  • Whimple's WOEID is recorded as 40159[21].
  • Whimple's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2634153[22].
  • Whimple's GeoNames ID is recorded as 7300242[23].
  • Whimple's BBC Things ID is recorded as 53b19830-96d6-45c0-b7cf-06cf0fd84a63[24].
  • Whimple's area is recorded as {'unit': 'hectare', 'amount': '+1229.12'}[25].
  • Whimple's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2611516[26].
  • Whimple's OpenDomesday settlement ID is recorded as SY0497/whimple[27].

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Geography

Whimple is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Whimple is located in East Devon[3].

Physical Characteristics

Whimple's area is recorded as {'unit': 'hectare', 'amount': '+1229.12'}[25]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1803'}[18], {'amount': '+1733'}[19], and {'amount': '+1642'}[20].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include village[6] and civil parish[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Whimple include Whimple railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Whimple ranks in the top 0.43% of village entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18 views/month, #219 of 50,837).[2] Whimple has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

Entities named for Whimple include Whimple railway station[28], a railway station[29], in United Kingdom[30].

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. [3] ↑ . 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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . United Kingdom Census 2011. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.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] ↑ . Flickr Shapefiles Public Dataset 2.0. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . United Kingdom Census 2011. 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.

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  1. 24w ago · Steinsky · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Historic county → Devon
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    Instance of → village, civil parish
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