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Banffshire

Banffshire is a historic county in . The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is to the west. The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975.
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  • Type: County with 47,800 residents
  • Description: historic county in north-east Scotland
  • Also known as: “Banff”, “Banff County”, and “County of Banff”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Drummuir railway station and Towiemore Halt railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a preserved station that serves the village of , , Scotland on the Keith and Dufftown Railway. The station also served the nearby Drummuir Castle estate and Botriphnie Church and the old churchyard are in the vicinity, together with St Fomac's Well.

Railway station
served the hamlet of Towiemore and its distillery as a private and later as a public halt in , Scotland, from 1937 to 1968 on the Keith and Dufftown Railway.

Distillery
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Speyside whisky distillery in , , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maggieknockater and Mulben.

Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet on the A95 road between Craigellachie and Mulben in Scotland in the council area, in the county of Banffshire. Until the early 1970s there was a large apiary which was well known in the region and has lived on in the Scottish country dance "The Bees of Maggieknockater".

Hamlet
Photo: Anne Burgess, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet situated at a crossroads that forms the intersection of the A95 road and the B9103 in the council area of . It lies on the Burn of , 6.5 km west of .

Village
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is a small village in , Scotland, at the confluence of the River Spey and , in walking distance of the town of .

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
node 302324194
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2656399
Wiki­data ID
Q806432
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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”
  • Irish: “Banbh”
  • Irish: “Siorrachd Bhanbh”
  • Italian: “Banffshire”
  • Japanese: “バンフシャー”
  • Japanese: “バンフシャイア”
  • Kurdish: “Banffshire”
  • Latin: “Banffshire”
  • Latin: “Banfiensis”
  • Lithuanian: “Banffshire”
  • Lithuanian: “Banfšyras”
  • Lithuanian: “Benfširas”
  • Lithuanian: “Benfšyras”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banffshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Siorrachd Bhanbh”
  • Norwegian: “Banffshire”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Banffscir”
  • 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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