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West Dunbartonshire

Alexandria

Alexandria is a town in , . The town is on the River Leven, three miles north of and 15 mi north-west of .
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  • Type: Town with 6,750 residents
  • Description: town in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alexandria railway station and Vale of Leven Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Rosser1954, CC BY-SA 4.0.
serves the town of Alexandria, . The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by their trains on the North Clyde Line.

Hospital
Photo: wfmillar, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vale of Leven District General Hospital or simply the is a district general hospital in Alexandria, , Scotland. It is managed by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

Distillery
Photo: Lairich Rig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Highland Single Malt Scotch whisky distillery in Alexandria, Scotland, near .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bonhill and Jamestown.

Town
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in the area of , . It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria.

Village
is a village in the conurbation in , . Located on the east bank of the River Leven, it is sandwiched between Balloch to the north and to the south.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town on in central Scotland, on the southern shore of Loch Lomond. It expanded from 1850 when the railway arrived, bringing trippers from Glasgow to the pier, whence boats and charabancs conveyed them around the loch.

Alexandria

Latitude
55.98787° or 55° 59′ 16″ north
Longitude
-4.58221° or 4° 34′ 56″ west
Population
6,750
Elevation
75 feet (23 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB ALX
Open location code
9C7QXCQ9+44
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2871924480
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2657513
Wiki­data ID
Q1240659
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Alexandria” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Alexandria”
  • Basque: “Alexandria”
  • Cebuano: “Alexandria”
  • Chinese: “亞歷山德里亞”
  • Dutch: “Alexandria”
  • French: “Alexandria”
  • German: “Alexandria”
  • Irish: “Alexandria”
  • Irish: “Am Magh Leamhna”
  • Irish: “Baile Alasdair”
  • Italian: “Alexandria”
  • Lithuanian: “Aleksandrija”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Alexandria”
  • Persian: “الکساندریا، دونبارتونشر غربی”
  • Persian: “الکساندریا”
  • Polish: “Alexandria”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria (Escócia)”
  • Portuguese: “Alexandria”
  • Russian: “Александрия”
  • Scots: “The Vale”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Alexandria”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Alasdair”
  • Slovenian: “Alexandria”
  • Spanish: “Alexandria”
  • Swedish: “Alexandria, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Alexandria”
  • Ukrainian: “Александрія”
  • Urdu: “الیگزینڈریا، ویسٹ ڈنبرٹن شائر”
  • “Alexandria”

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