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Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is a county in the of Scotland. It's a long way north - the coastline around Fraserburgh is further north than Newfoundland - but it's mostly lowland, fertile and productive, having more in common with the central belt of Scotland than with the Highlands.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Aberdeen and Stonehaven.

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is the third-largest city in , , with a population of almost 200,000. It is a harbour city on Scotland's north-east coast, approximately 120 miles north of Edinburgh and 400 miles north of London, where the Rivers Dee and Don meet the North Sea.

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is a small fishing port in Aberdeenshire in , 15 miles south of Aberdeen. Its main attraction is Dunnottar Castle, scenically perched on a headland south of town.

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is a port in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland, with a population of 19,060 in 2020. Its fishing industry collapsed in the 20th century and the town is run-down, but is near attractive coastal scenery.

Destinations to Discover

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is a small fishing port in Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland. It stands on the west bank of the mouth of the River Deveron, with the village of Macduff on the east bank; in 2020 each had a population of about 4000.

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is a fishing port in Aberdeenshire, with a population in 2020 of 13,000. In the 19th century it was a major port for herring, and shell-fishing is still an important local industry. It hosts the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.

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is a small town in Aberdeenshire in Scotland; in bygone times it was more snappily known as "Milton of Strathbogie". With a population of 4810 in 2016, is nowadays a commuter town for Aberdeen, as it's on the railway.

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is a town in Aberdeenshire about 25 miles west of . It grew up as resort town in the Victorian era and in 2022 had a population of 1400.

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is a village in Aberdeenshire, standing at the point where the road leaves the Dee valley to climb over Cairnwell into Glenshee. It’s in the eastern part of and surrounded by mountains, which may be scenic or louring depending on the weather.

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is a town in Aberdeenshire, with a population in 2016 of 7560. It's in the scenic Dee valley 18 miles west of Aberdeen, and its main visitor attraction is Crathes Castle. It's also a good base for visiting Balmoral Castle and Cairngorms National Park.

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is a fishing village 8 miles west of Banff on the north coast of Aberdeenshire in northeast Scotland. It has a picturesque harbour often used as a film and TV location, such as the 2016 remake of Whisky Galore! In 2020 the population was 1690.

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, or Gamrie as it's known, is a fishing village on the northeast coast of Aberdeenshire, with a population of 560 in 2020. It's the largest of the string of attractive villages clinging to this rugged coastline: the other main settlements are Crovie and Pennan.

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is a town in Aberdeenshire, seven miles west of . It was built as a "greenfield" commuter town and industrial park from 1968, and by 2020 had grown to a population of 12,110.

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is a village in Aberdeenshire about 20 miles north of Aberdeen; its main attraction is Haddo House. derives from Gaelic Maothulach, which may mean "vale of honey".

Aberdeenshire

Latitude of center
57.1667° or 57° 10′ north
Longitude of center
-2.6667° or 2° 40′ west
Population
263,000
Elevation
1,250 feet (381 metres)
Abbreviation
“ABD”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302323600
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
2657830
Wiki­data ID
Q189912
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Aberdeenshire” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبردينشاير”
  • Arabic: “ابردينشاير”
  • Arabic: “ابردينشر”
  • Armenian: “Աբերդինշիր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Aberdinşir”
  • Balinese: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Basque: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Belarusian: “Абердзіншыр”
  • Belarusian: “Абэрдыншыр”
  • Bengali: “অ্যাবরদিনশায়ার”
  • Breton: “Siorrachd Obar Dheathain”
  • Bulgarian: “Абърдийншър”
  • Catalan: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Cebuano: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Chechen: “Абердиншир”
  • Chinese: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Chinese: “亞伯丁郡”
  • Chinese: “阿伯丁郡”
  • Chinese: “鴨巴甸郡”
  • Czech: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Danish: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Aberdeenshire”
  • Dutch: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابردينشاير”
  • Esperanto: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Estonian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Faroese: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Finnish: “Aberdeenshire”
  • French: “Aberdeenshire”
  • French: “Aberdenshire”
  • Galician: “Aberdeenshire”
  • German: “Aberdeenshire”
  • German: “GB-ABD”
  • Greek: “Αμπερντήνσαϊρ”
  • Gujarati: “એબરડિનશાયર”
  • Hebrew: “אברדינשייר”
  • Hindi: “एबर्डीनशायर”
  • Hungarian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Icelandic: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Indonesian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Irish: “Contae Obar Deathain”
  • Italian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Japanese: “アバディーンシャー”
  • Japanese: “アバディーンシャイア”
  • Kannada: “ಆಬರ್ಡೀನ್ಸ್ಶೈರ್”
  • Korean: “애버딘셔 주”
  • Korean: “애버딘셔”
  • Latin: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Latin: “Aberdonensis”
  • Lithuanian: “Aberdinširas”
  • Lithuanian: “Aberdynšyras”
  • Malay: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Manx: “Coontae Aberdon”
  • Manx: “Sheer Aberdon”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Northern Frisian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Norwegian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Aberdeenshire”
  • Ossetian: “Абердиншир”
  • Persian: “ابردین‌شیر”
  • Polish: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Portuguese: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Romanian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Russian: “Абердин”
  • Russian: “Абердиншир”
  • Russian: “Эбердин”
  • Scots: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Scots: “Aiberdeenshire”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Obar Dheathain”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Siorramachd Obar Dheathain”
  • Serbian: “Википедија:Пренос чланака/Aberdeenshire”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Sicilian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Slovenian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Slovenian: “GB-ABD”
  • Spanish: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Swedish: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Tagalog: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Tajik: “Абердиншир”
  • Tamil: “அபெர்டீன்ஷிர்”
  • Telugu: “అబెర్డీన్షైర్”
  • Turkish: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Ukrainian: “Абердиншир”
  • Ukrainian: “Абердіншир”
  • Urdu: “ابیردینشائر”
  • Urdu: “ایبرڈین شائر”
  • Welsh: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Aberdeen”
  • Western Frisian: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Western Panjabi: “ابردین شائر”
  • Yoruba: “Aberdeenshire”
  • Yue Chinese: “鴨巴甸郡”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Aberdeenshire”. Photo: Matmilne, CC0.