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Kemnay

Kemnay is a village 16 miles west of in Garioch, , . Kemnay has about 3,870 residents.
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Photo: Mike Stephen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Town with 3,870 residents
  • Description: town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Kemnay, Aberdeenshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kemnay Academy and Fetternear Palace.

School
Photo: John Aldersey-Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a secondary school in Kemnay, , situated on the banks of the River Don. It is one of seventeen secondary schools run by Aberdeenshire Council and has roughly 1000 pupils.

Ruins
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fetternear Bishop's Palace is an archaeological site of what was one of the palaces of the medieval bishops of Aberdeen. It is near Kemnay in . Later, a ruined tower-house and mansion of Fetternear House were built on part of the site.

Photo: Karora, Public domain.
is the most elaborate Z-plan castle in and one of the grandest 'Castles of Mar'. It is located near Kemnay in the region of . is situated 2½ miles south of Kemnay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sauchen and Kintore.

Village
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is a village in , Scotland that lies 3 miles west of and 10 miles west of . The village has around 200 houses, and is serviced by Cluny Primary School which is located around 1 mile north of the centre. is situated 3½ miles southwest of Kemnay.

Town
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town and former royal burgh near in , , now bypassed by the A96 road between and . It is situated on the banks of the River Don. is situated 4 miles east of Kemnay.

Locality
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was a squatters' community on "commonty", or common land, on one side of , a range of hills near , in Scotland. is situated 4 miles northwest of Kemnay.

Kemnay

Latitude
57.23482° or 57° 14′ 5″ north
Longitude
-2.4462° or 2° 26′ 46″ west
Population
3,870
Elevation
289 feet (88 metres)
Open location code
9C9V6HM3+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 258910864
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645836
Wiki­data ID
Q1016999
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Kemnay” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Kemnay”
  • Basque: “Kemnay”
  • Bulgarian: “Кемнай”
  • Cebuano: “Kemnay”
  • Dutch: “Kemnay”
  • French: “Kemay (Aberdeenshire)”
  • French: “Kemnay”
  • German: “Kemnay”
  • Irish: “Camnaidh”
  • Irish: “Ceann a‘ Mhuigh”
  • Irish: “Ceann a’ Mhuigh”
  • Persian: “کمنای”
  • Russian: “Кемнуэй”
  • Scots: “Kemnay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Camnaigh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Ceann a‘ Mhuigh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Kemnay”
  • Spanish: “Kemnay”
  • Swedish: “Kemnay”
  • Welsh: “Kemnay”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kemnay”. Photo: Mike Stephen, CC BY-SA 2.0.