Selkirk

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Selkirk

Total population

5,784

Coordinates55.55°, -2.84°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Selkirk is a town and historic royal burgh in the Scottish Borders council district of southeastern Scotland. It lies on the Ettrick Water, a tributary of the River Tweed. The people of the town are known as Souters, which means cobblers. At the time of the 2011 census, Selkirk's population was 5,784.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Harelaw
  5.2 mi away
• Temple
  8.3 mi away
• Benrig
  8.5 mi away
• Fens
  8.6 mi away
• Kedslie
  9.1 mi away
• Langlee
  12.9 mi away
• Hopehouse
  13.2 mi away
• Frogden
  18.2 mi away
• Bughtrig
  22.6 mi away
• Crossgatehall
  25.9 mi away
• Springfield Cottages
  26 mi away
• Cockburn
  26.3 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Selkirk

Roll of honour of 1296 men from the burgh and parish of Selkirk who served in the navy or army during the great World War, 1914-1918

Selkirk (Scotland) · 1921

Bowhill, Selkirk, Scotland

1981

Bowhill Selkirk, Scotland - Border Home of the duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury

Observations on the present state of the Highlands of Scotland

Thomas Douglas 5th Earl of Selkirk · 1805

Census 1961, Scotland

General Register Office, Scotland. · 1963

The New Statistical Account of Scotland

Scotland · 2015

Southern Scotland

H. O. Wade · 1970

Lord Selkirk

J. M. Bumsted · 2008

Search results from Open Library.

Official Identifiers