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Witney

town and civil parish in West Oxfordshire, England
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Witney

Summary

Witney is a town[1]. Witney ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (849 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Witney is located in West Oxfordshire[3].
  • Witney is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Witney is on the body of water River Windrush[5].
  • Witney's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Witney's instance of is recorded as civil parish[7].
  • Witney's instance of is recorded as market town[8].
  • Witney's shares border with is recorded as Hailey[9].
  • Witney's shares border with is recorded as Curbridge[10].
  • Witney's shares border with is recorded as Ducklington[11].
  • Witney's shares border with is recorded as South Leigh[12].
  • Witney's twinned administrative body is recorded as Unterhaching[13].
  • Witney's twinned administrative body is recorded as Le Touquet-Paris-Plage[14].
  • Witney's postal code is recorded as OX28[15].
  • Witney's Commons category is recorded as Witney[16].
  • Witney's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[17].
  • Witney's said to be the same as is recorded as Witney[18].
  • Witney's local dialing code is recorded as 01993[19].
  • Witney's OS grid reference is recorded as SP3509[20].
  • Witney's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 51.78, 'lon': -1.49}[21].
  • Witney's authority is recorded as Witney Town Council[22].
  • Witney's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Witney[23].
  • Witney has a population of {'amount': '+27522'}[24].
  • Witney has a population of {'amount': '+29629'}[25].
  • Witney has a population of {'amount': '+22765'}[26].
  • Witney's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[27].

Body

Geography

Witney is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. Witney is located in West Oxfordshire[3]. Witney is on the body of water River Windrush[5].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+27522'}[24], {'amount': '+29629'}[25], and {'amount': '+22765'}[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6], civil parish[7], and market town[8].

Why It Matters

Witney ranks in the top 4% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (849 views/month).[2] Witney has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Witney is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Le Touquet-Paris-Plage United Kingdom Walter Warlimont

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [5] ↑ . 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] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . nomisweb.co.uk. Retrieved . nomisweb.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → West Oxfordshire
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 51.78, 'lon': -1.49}
    Described by source → Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
    Population → {'amount': '+27522'}, {'amount': '+29629'}, {'amount': '+22765'}
    + 16 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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