Banffshire
Banffshire is a historic county in Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Drummuir railway station and Towiemore Halt railway station.
Glentauchers distillery
Distillery
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dufftown and Maggieknockater.
Dufftown
Photo: Karora, Public domain.
Banffshire
Latitude
57.5° or 57° 30′ north
Longitude
-3.0833° or 3° 5′ west
Population
47,800
Elevation
1,168 feet (356 metres)
Open location code
9C9RGW28+2M
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“Banffshire” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Banfşir”
- Bavarian: “Banffshire”
- Bulgarian: “Банфшире”
- Catalan: “Banffshire”
- Cebuano: “Banffshire”
- Chinese: “班夫郡”
- Czech: “Banffshire”
- Dutch: “Banffshire”
- French: “Banffshire”
- German: “Banffshire”
- Hebrew: “באנפשייר”
- Ido: “Banffshire”
- Irish: “Banbh”
- Irish: “Siorrachd Bhanbh”
- Italian: “Banffshire”
- Japanese: “バンフシャー”
- Kurdish: “Banffshire”
- Latin: “Banfiensis”
- Latvian: “Benfšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Banfšyras”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Banffshire”
- Norwegian: “Banffshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Banffscīr”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Banffsċīr”
- Polish: “Banffshire”
- Romanian: “Banffshire”
- Russian: “Банфшир”
- Scots: “Banffshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Bhanbh”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Banffshire”
- Slovenian: “Banffshire”
- Swedish: “Banffshire”
- Urdu: “بینفشائر”
- Venetian: “Banffshire”
- Welsh: “Banffshire”
- “Banffshire”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Hill of Newton and Lochend Wood.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Knockan and Greenhill.
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