Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire, alternately the County of Dumfries or Shire of Dumfries, is a historic county and registration county in southern . The Dumfries lieutenancy area covers a similar area to the historic county.
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  • Type: County with 77,100 residents
  • Description: historic county of Scotland
  • Also known as: County of Dumfries”, “Dumfries”, and “Dumfries County
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochmaben and Millhousebridge.

Town
is a small town and civil parish in Scotland, and site of a castle. It lies 4 miles west of , in . By the 12th century the Bruce family had become the local landowners and, in the 14th century, Edward I rebuilt .

Hamlet
, also known as Applegarth or Applegirth, is a village near in , , Scotland. is situated on the east bank of the close to its junction with the Nethercleugh Burn. it is five kilometres west of Lockerbie.

Dumfriesshire

Latitude
55.1667° or 55° 10′ north
Longitude
-3.5° or 3° 30′ west
Population
77,100
Elevation
203 feet (62 metres)
Open location code
9C7R5G82+M2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302323782
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2650795
Wiki­data ID
Q1247384
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Dumfriesshire” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Դամֆրիսշիր
  • Azerbaijani: Damfrisşir
  • Belarusian: Дамфрысшыр
  • Breton: Dumfriesshire
  • Catalan: Siorrachd Dhùn Phrìs
  • Cebuano: Dumfriesshire
  • Chinese: 鄧弗里斯郡
  • Czech: Dumfriesshire
  • Dutch: Dumfriesshire
  • Egyptian Arabic: دومفريسشير
  • French: Dumfriesshire
  • German: Dumfriesshire
  • Hungarian: Dumfriesshire
  • Irish: Contae Dhùn Phris
  • Irish: Dún Phrís
  • Irish: Dùn Phris
  • Irish: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris
  • Italian: Contea di Dumfries
  • Italian: Dumfriesshire
  • Japanese: ダムフリーシャー
  • Japanese: ダムフリーズシャー
  • Japanese: ダンフリーズシャー
  • Korean: 덤프리스
  • Korean: 덤프리스셔
  • Korean: 덤프리스주
  • Kurdish: Dumfriesshire
  • Latin: Drumfrisiensis
  • Latin: Dumfriesshire
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Dumfriesshire
  • Norwegian: Dumfriesshire
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Dumfriesscīr
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Dūnprīssċīr
  • Persian: دام فرایشایر
  • Persian: دامفریشر
  • Polish: Dumfriesshire
  • Portuguese: Dumfriesshire
  • Russian: Дамфрисшир
  • Scots: Dumfriesshire
  • Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Dhùn Phris
  • Serbo-Croatian: Dumfriesshire
  • Slovak: Dumfriesshire
  • Slovenian: Dumfriesshire
  • Spanish: Dumfriesshire
  • Swedish: Dumfriesshire
  • Venetian: contea de Dumfries
  • Welsh: Dumfriesshire
  • Welsh: Swydd Dumfries

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