Gretna

Gretna, together with Gretna Green, is a border town in in southwest Scotland, with a population of 3400 in 2022; the name refers to grit or gravel.
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  • Town with about 3,040 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 60 feet (20 metres)
  • …is also known as “Gretna, Dumfries and Galloway”
  • Description: town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, UK
  • Postal code: DG16

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gretna Green railway station and Raydale Park.
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Gretna Green is a railway station on the Glasgow South…
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is a football in Gretna, .
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The is a megalith on the shore of the…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Longtown and Metal Bridge.
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is a market town in , but in the… is situated 4 miles east of Gretna.
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is a small settlement in , England… is situated 2½ miles southeast of Gretna.
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is a small village near , , England. is situated 4 miles southeast of Gretna.

Gretna

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Latitude
54.9953° or 54° 59′ 43″ north
Longitude
-3.0669° or 3° 4′ 1″ west
Open location code
9C6RXWWM+46
Open­Street­Map ID
node 20981539
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2647910
Wiki­data ID
Q2282115

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Gretna” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Gretna”
  • Basque: “Gretna”
  • Cebuano: “Gretna”
  • Chinese: “格雷特纳”
  • Chinese: “格雷那”
  • Czech: “Gretna”
  • Dutch: “Gretna”
  • French: “Gretna”
  • German: “Gretna”
  • Hebrew: “גרטנה”
  • Irish: “Greatna”
  • Italian: “Gretna”
  • Japanese: “グレットナ”
  • Japanese: “グレトナ (ダンフリース・アンド・ギャロウェイ)”
  • Korean: “그레트나”
  • Lithuanian: “Gretna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gretna”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Gretna i Skottland”
  • Norwegian: “Gretna”
  • Persian: “گرتنا، دامفریس و گالووی”
  • Persian: “گرتنا”
  • Polish: “Gretna”
  • Russian: “Гретна”
  • Scots: “Gretna”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Greatna”
  • Slovak: “Gretna”
  • Spanish: “Gretna”
  • Swedish: “Gretna, Skottland”
  • Urdu: “گریٹنا، ڈمفریز اینڈ گیلووے”
  • Welsh: “Gretna”

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