Girvan

Girvan is a seaside town in on the west coast of Scotland, with a population of 6300 in 2022. It has a long, sandy beach and expanded as a resort when the railway arrived in Victorian times.
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Places of Interest

Highlights: Girvan railway station and Girvan Community Hospital.

Railway station
Photo: Billy McCrorie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway station serving the town of Girvan, , Scotland.

Hospital
Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a health facility in Girvan, , .

Girvan

Latitude
55.2413° or 55° 14′ 29″ north
Longitude
-4.8554° or 4° 51′ 19″ west
Population
6,650
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB GIR
Open location code
9C7Q64RV+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158775558
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2648626
Wiki­data ID
Q1011787
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Girvan” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Girvan”
  • Basque: “Girvan”
  • Bengali: “গির্বান”
  • Bulgarian: “Гирван”
  • Catalan: “Girvan”
  • Cebuano: “Girvan”
  • Chinese: “格尔文”
  • Chinese: “格文”
  • Chinese: “格爾文”
  • Dutch: “Girvan”
  • French: “Girvan”
  • German: “Girvan”
  • Gujarati: “ગિરવાન”
  • Irish: “Inbhir Gharbhain”
  • Italian: “Girvan”
  • Japanese: “ガーバン”
  • Kannada: “ಗಿರ್ವಾನ್”
  • Korean: “지르반”
  • Lithuanian: “Gervanas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Girvan”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Girvan”
  • Norwegian: “Girvan”
  • Persian: “گیرون”
  • Polish: “Girvan”
  • Portuguese: “Girvan”
  • Romanian: “Girvan”
  • Russian: “Герван”
  • Scots: “Girvan”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Inbhir Gharbhain”
  • Silesian: “Girvan”
  • Spanish: “Girvan”
  • Swedish: “Girvan”
  • Tamil: “கிரவன்”
  • Telugu: “గిర్వాన్”
  • Urdu: “گروان”
  • Welsh: “Girvan”

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