Wigtown
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Wigtown Scottish Gaelic Baile na h-Ùige |
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| Coordinates | 54 ° 52 ′ N , 4 ° 27 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 921 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | NEWTON STUART | ||
| ZIP code section | DG8 | ||
| prefix | 01988 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| British Parliament | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Galloway and West Dumfries | ||
Wigtown ( Scottish Gaelic Baile na h-Ùige ) is a village of The Machars in the Council Area Dumfries and Galloway with 921 inhabitants (as of 2011).
It is located in the Machars , a peninsula in southern Scotland and is about ten miles from the neighboring town of Whithorn . Because of its proximity to Whithorn's religious sites, Wigtown also benefited from pilgrims in the Middle Ages, becoming wealthy and elevated to the rank of Royal Burgh .
Since 1998, Wigtown has been Scotland's first official “book town” ( Booktown ) and there are now around 10 bookstores / antiquarians, mainly with second-hand books. and over 250,000 books. One of them can be rented for around 50 euros per day, including the apartment, and you can play booksellers yourself for a short while on holiday. The offer is already fully booked for a good three years in advance and has a long waiting list. The last 10-day book festival takes place annually in Wigtown.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130701121509/http://www.wigtown-booktown.co.uk/index.asp Internet Archive website of Booktown July 1, 2013, accessed October 10, 2018
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120113082729/http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/about-booktown.asp Internet Archive Website of the Wigtown Book Festival on January 13, 2012, accessed on October 10, 2018
- ↑ We play booksellers on vacation , Süddeutsche Zeitung from October 10, 2018, accessed on October 10, 2018
- ^ Wigtown Book Festival , accessed October 10, 2018