Looe
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Looe (; , ) is a coastal town and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies west of Plymouth and south of Liskeard. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 5,311.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.static_image_name
- 1 looe aerial pano 2017.jpg
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.official_name
- Looe
- UK place.cornish_name
- Logh
- UK place.population
- 5,311
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Looe
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South East Cornwall
- UK place.post_town
- LOOE
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL13
- UK place.dial_code
- 01503
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX254533
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cornwall
- Population
- 5112
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.looetowncouncil.gov.uk
- Image
- RiverLooe.jpg
Show 10 more facts
- OS grid reference
- SX254533
- postal code
- PL13
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- twinned administrative body
- Quiberon
- Commons category
- Looe
- P12749
- Johann Gottlieb Georgi
- native label
- Logh
- P8168
- FK Rabotnički
- different from
- River Looe
- historic county
- Cornwall
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory and foundation
- Early churches
- Medieval era
- 17th century
- 19th century
- 20th century and beyond
- Looe today
- East Looe
- West Looe
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Cornish wrestling
- Twinning
- Notable people
- References
- External links
Looe (; , ) is a coastal town and civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies west of Plymouth and south of Liskeard. At the 2021 census the parish had a population of 5,311.
Looe developed as the two separate towns of East Looe () and West Looe (, "little cove") on opposite sides of the River Looe. The two towns were linked by Looe Bridge from the 15th century, but remained separate boroughs until the 19th century. They were administratively united in 1898.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Looe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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