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.
Wikipedia
  • Type: County with 77,100 residents
  • Description: historic county of Scotland
  • Also known as: “Contae Dhùn Phris”, “Contea di Dumfries”, “County of Dumfries”, “Dumfries”, “Dumfries County”, “덤프리스”, “덤프리스주”, “ダムフリーシャー”, and “ダムフリーズシャー”
  • Neighbors:

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochmaben and Millhousebridge.

Town
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is a historic market town, civil parish and…

Hamlet
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is a village in , .

Hamlet
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, also known as Applegarth…

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”
  • Esperanto: “Dumfriesshire”
  • French: “Dumfriesshire”
  • German: “Dumfriesshire”
  • Hungarian: “Dumfriesshire”
  • Ido: “Dumfriesshire”
  • Irish: “Dún Phrís”
  • Irish: “Dùn Phris”
  • Italian: “Dumfriesshire”
  • Japanese: “ダンフリーズシャー”
  • Korean: “덤프리스셔”
  • Kurdish: “Dumfriesshire”
  • Latin: “Drumfrisiensis”
  • Latvian: “Damfrīsšīra”
  • 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”
  • Urdu: “ڈم فریس شائر”
  • Venetian: “contea de Dumfries”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Dumfries”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Nethermill and Pielmuir.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Gamerigg Cemetery and Gamerig Plantation.

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