Editing Partick (section)

{{Short description|Area of Glasgow, Scotland}}
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{{Use British English|date=May 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox UK place
| static_image_name                = PartickPartaig.jpg
| country                          = Scotland
| official_name                    = Partick
| gaelic_name                      = Partaig<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=443 |title=''Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland'' |access-date=21 July 2012 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924020502/http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=443 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| scots_name                       = Pairtick<ref name=railwaynames>{{Cite web |url=http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/component/content/article/2999-list-of-railway-station-names.html |title=List of railway station names in English, Scots and Gaelic – NewsNetScotland |access-date=30 October 2011 |archive-date=22 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122064223/http://newsnetscotland.com/index.php/component/content/article/2999-list-of-railway-station-names.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| area_total_km2                   = 0.85
| area_footnotes                   = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statistics.gov.scot/data/land-area-2011-data-zone-based |title=statistics.gov.scot : Land Area (based on 2011 Data Zones) |website=statistics.gov.scot |access-date=24 April 2017 |archive-date=1 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170401061209/http://statistics.gov.scot/data/land-area-2011-data-zone-based |url-status=live }}</ref>
| population                       = 8884
| population_ref                   = (2015)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://statistics.gov.scot/data/population-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries |title=statistics.gov.scot : Population Estimates (Current Geographic Boundaries) |website=statistics.gov.scot |access-date=26 February 2022 |archive-date=1 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601023127/https://statistics.gov.scot/data/population-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| population_density_km2           =
| os_grid_reference                = NS554665
| coordinates                      = {{Wikidatacoord|Q7140469|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Politics of Glasgow|Glasgow City Council]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = Glasgow
| constituency_westminster         = [[Glasgow North West (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow North West]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Glasgow Kelvin (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Kelvin]]
| post_town                        = GLASGOW
| postcode_district                = G11
| postcode_area                    = G
| dial_code                        = 0141
| edinburgh_distance               = 
| london_distance                  = 
}}

'''Partick''' ({{langx|sco|Pairtick}}, [[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Partaig'') is an area of [[Glasgow]] on the north bank of the [[River Clyde]], just across from [[Govan]]. To the west lies [[Whiteinch]], to the east [[Yorkhill]] and [[Kelvingrove Park]] (across the [[River Kelvin]]), and to the north [[Broomhill, Glasgow|Broomhill]], [[Hyndland]], [[Dowanhill]], [[Hillhead]], areas which form part of the [[Glasgow#West End|West End of Glasgow]]. Partick was a [[Police burgh]] from 1852 until 1912 when it was incorporated into the city.<ref name=govanandpartick>{{cite news |title=How Glasgow annexed Govan and Partick 100 years ago |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19168940 |access-date=8 August 2012 |author=Reevel Alderson |work=BBC News |date=7 August 2012 |archive-date=9 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120809104552/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19168940 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="story">[http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSDG Second City of The Empire: 1830s to 1914] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111128152934/http://www.theglasgowstory.com/story.php?id=TGSDG |date=28 November 2011 }} from theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 22 December 2011.</ref> Partick is the area of the city most connected with the [[Scottish Highlands|Highlands]], and several Gaelic agencies, such as the Gaelic Books Council ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Comhairle nan Leabhraichean'') are located in the area.<ref name="books">[https://lsh507.securepod.com/gaelicbooks.org/merchantmanager/ Comhairle nan Leabhraichean] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202015829/https://lsh507.securepod.com/gaelicbooks.org/merchantmanager/ |date=2 February 2013 }} (Books Council). Retrieved 22 December 2011. (Scottish Gaelic)</ref> Some [[Automated teller machine|ATMs]] in the area display Gaelic.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ileach.co.uk/glasgow-islay/history/index.html |title=THE GAELS IN GLASGOW |website=www.ileach.co.uk |access-date=24 July 2008 |archive-date=5 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705101530/http://www.ileach.co.uk/glasgow-islay/history/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>