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West Lothian

West Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, bordering the City of Edinburgh council area, , , and Falkirk.
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  • Type: County with 180,000 residents
  • Description: Scottish council area
  • Also known as: “Linlithgow” and “West Lothian County”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Uphall railway station and Almondvale Stadium.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the village of and some areas of Livingston in West Lothian, . It is located on the North Clyde Line, 12½ miles west of .

Stadium
Photo: Alistairjh, Public domain.
, also known as The Home of the Set Fare Arena for sponsorship purposes, is a football stadium, located in the Almondvale area of , Scotland.

Railway station
Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of two railway stations serving the town of Livingston in West Lothian, . It is located on the Edinburgh-Bathgate Line 15½ miles west of and situated in the Carmondean area of Livingston.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Livingston and Broxburn.

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is a large town in in the central belt of Scotland, built as a "New Town" from 1963. In 2022 it had a population of 55,800.

Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in West Lothian, . It is 12 miles from the West End of , 5 miles from and 5 miles to the north of .

Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village located in West Lothian, , about one mile east of and one mile west of . It forms part of 'the Calders, three small neighbouring communities situated west of and south of the "New Town" of .

West Lothian

Latitude
55.9167° or 55° 55′ north
Longitude
-3.5° or 3° 30′ west
Population
180,000
Elevation
410 feet (125 metres)
Abbreviation
“WLN”
Open location code
9C7RWG82+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302323536
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2634354
Wiki­data ID
Q204940
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“West Lothian” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “غرب لوثيان”
  • Armenian: “Ուեսթ Լոտիան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uest-Lotian”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Lothian”
  • Belarusian: “Заходні Лотыян”
  • Bengali: “ওয়েস্ট লোথিয়ান”
  • Breton: “West Lothian”
  • Bulgarian: “Западен Лоудиън”
  • Catalan: “West Lothian”
  • Cebuano: “West Lothian”
  • Chinese: “Sai Lothian”
  • Chinese: “西洛錫安”
  • Chinese: “西洛锡安”
  • Czech: “West Lothian”
  • Czech: “Západní Lothian”
  • Danish: “West Lothian”
  • Dutch: “Linlithgowshire”
  • Dutch: “West Lothian”
  • Esperanto: “Linlithgowshire”
  • Esperanto: “okcidenta Lothian”
  • Esperanto: “West Lothian”
  • Estonian: “West Lothian”
  • Fiji Hindi: “West Lothian”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Lothian”
  • French: “West Lothian”
  • German: “GB-WLN”
  • German: “Linlithgowshire”
  • German: “West Lothian”
  • German: “Westlothian”
  • Gujarati: “પશ્ચિમ લોથીયાન”
  • Hebrew: “וסט לות’יאן”
  • Icelandic: “Vestur-Lothian”
  • Irish: “Comhairle Lodainn an Iar”
  • Irish: “Labhaidh Thiar”
  • Irish: “Labhaidh Thoir”
  • Irish: “Lodainn an Iar”
  • Irish: “Lodainn Thiar”
  • Italian: “Lothian dell’ovest”
  • Italian: “Lothian occidentale”
  • Italian: “Lothian Occidentale”
  • Italian: “West Lothian”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ロージアン”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ロジアン”
  • Japanese: “ウエスト・ロジアン”
  • Japanese: “ウェストロージアン”
  • Japanese: “ウェストロジアン”
  • Japanese: “ウエストロジアン”
  • Kannada: “ವೆಸ್ಟ್ ಲೋಥಿಯನ್”
  • Korean: “웨스트 로디언 주”
  • Korean: “웨스트 로디언”
  • Korean: “웨스트로디언 주”
  • Korean: “웨스트로디언”
  • Kurdish: “West Lothian”
  • Latin: “Lithgoana”
  • Latin: “West Lothian”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Lodianas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Lotianas”
  • Macedonian: “Западен Лотијан”
  • Manx: “Lodainn Heear”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Lothian”
  • Northern Frisian: “West Lothian”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Linlithgowshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Lothian”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Lothian”
  • Norwegian: “West Lothian”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “West Loðene”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Westloðen”
  • Persian: “لوتیان غربی”
  • Polish: “West Lothian”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Linlithgow”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de West Lothian”
  • Portuguese: “County of Linlithgow”
  • Portuguese: “Distrito de West Lothian”
  • Portuguese: “Linlithgowshire”
  • Portuguese: “West Lothian”
  • Romanian: “West Lothian”
  • Russian: “Западный Лотиан”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Лотиан”
  • Scots: “Wast Lowden”
  • Scots: “West Lothian”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Comhairle Lodainn an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Labhdaidh an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lodainn an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “West Lothian”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Lothian”
  • Slovenian: “GB-WLN”
  • Slovenian: “West Lothian”
  • Slovenian: “Zahodni Lothian”
  • Spanish: “West Lothian”
  • Swedish: “West Lothian”
  • Tamil: “மேற்கு லோதியன்”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ లోథియన్”
  • Turkish: “West Lothian”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Лотіан”
  • Urdu: “مغربی لوتھین”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ لوتھیان”
  • Venetian: “Lothian Occidentale”
  • Welsh: “Gorllewin Lothian”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ لوتھیان”

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