Forres

Forres is a town in in northeast , with a population of 9090 in 2020. By the second century AD it was sufficiently famous to be mapped as Οὐάραρ εἴσχυσις — "Varar Estuary" — by Claudius Ptolemy of Alexandria.
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  • Town with about 10,100 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 feet (10 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code FSS
  • Description: town in Moray, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Discover Forres railway station and Sueno’s Stone.
Railway station
serves the town of Forres, in .
Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing…
is a inactive Speyside single…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kinloss and Rafford.
is a village in , Scotland.
2½ miles northeast of Forres
is a village in , Scotland.
2½ miles southeast of Forres
Village
is a small village in Moray, Scotland 3 miles north-west of Forres.
2½ miles west of Forres
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Latitude
57.6099° or 57° 36′ 36″ north
Longitude
-3.6132° or 3° 36′ 48″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB FRS
Open location code
9C9RJ95P+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Forres” goes by many names.
ForresAsturian
ForresBasque
ফোরেসBengali
ФоресBulgarian
ForresCatalan
ForresCebuano
佛雷斯Chinese
佛雷斯(Forres)Chinese
富勒斯Chinese
福萊斯Chinese
福里斯Chinese
ForresDutch
ફૉરેસGujarati
פורסHebrew
ForresHungarian
ForresIdo
FarraisIrish
ForresItalian
フォレスJapanese
ಫೋರ್ರ್ಸ್Kannada
포레스Korean
ForesasLithuanian
ForresNorwegian
ForresNorwegian Bokmål
ForresNorwegian Nynorsk
فورسPersian
فورس، ماریPersian
ForresPolish
ФорресRussian
ForresScots
FarraisScottish Gaelic
ForresScottish Gaelic
ForresSwedish
போர்ரெஸ்Tamil
ఫోర్రెస్Telugu
ForresTurkish
فوریسUrdu
ForresWelsh

Localities in the Area

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