Helmsdale
Helmsdale is a fishing village in Sutherland in the Scottish Highlands, about two hours by road or rail north of Inverness. In 2011 its population was 764. The name derives from Norse Hjalmundal, the "Dale of the Helmet".
Places of Interest
Highlights: Helmsdale railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Helmsdale and Gartymore.
Helmsdale
- Type: Village with 764 residents
- Description: human settlement in Highland, Scotland, UK
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Highland Council, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.1168° or 58° 7′ 1″ north
Longitude
-3.6517° or 3° 39′ 6″ west
Population
764
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB HMA
Open location code
9CCR488X+P8
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Helmsdale” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Helmsdale”
- Bengali: “হেলসডেল”
- Breton: “Bun Ilidh”
- Bulgarian: “Хелмсдале”
- Cebuano: “Helmsdale”
- Chinese: “赫尔姆斯代尔”
- Chinese: “赫爾姆斯代爾”
- Cornish: “Bun Ilidh”
- Dutch: “Helmsdale”
- French: “Helmsdale”
- German: “Helmsdale”
- Ido: “Helmsdale”
- Irish: “Bun Ilidh”
- Italian: “Helmsdale”
- Japanese: “ヘルムズデール”
- Manx: “Bun Ilidh”
- Scots: “Helmsdale”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Bun Ilidh”
- Swedish: “Helmsdale”
- Welsh: “Bun Ilidh”
- Welsh: “Helmsdale”
- “Helmsdale - Bun Ilidh”
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