Montrose

Montrose is a small port in , midway between Dundee and Aberdeen in northeast Scotland. In 2022 its population was 11,200.
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  • Type: Town with 11,300 residents
  • Description: coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland
  • Also known as: “Monadh Rois”, “Montrose, Angus”, and “Montrose, Forfar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Montrose railway station and Links Park.

Railway station
Photo: Bill Harrison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
serves the town of Montrose in . The station overlooks the and is situated on the Dundee–Aberdeen line, 90 miles north of Edinburgh Waverley, between and .

Stadium
Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a football in Montrose, . It has been the home ground of Montrose F.C. since 1887. was opened in 1887 on land rented from the ''.

Museum
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opened in 1842 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland. The museum came into being when in 1841 the Montrose Natural History and Antiquarian Society started a fund to expand its space; in order to house its curiosities and wonders ranging from geological and ethnographical artefacts to a collection of natural history objects and fine art.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hillside and Ferryden.

Village
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is a small private village in , situated 5 miles to the north of Montrose. The village is the location for the now disused psychiatric hospital, .

Village
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is a village in in the community council area of & Craig. It lies southerly adjacent to the town of Montrose on the south bank of the and is considered a fringe locality of Montrose, being connected to the latter by the former Rossie Island, now home to shipping facilities and Montrose Port Authority.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet, which is situated 2 miles south of Montrose.

Montrose

Latitude
56.7114° or 56° 42′ 41″ north
Longitude
-2.4682° or 2° 28′ 5″ west
Population
11,300
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB MON
Open location code
9C8VPG6J+HP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26669166
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2642302
Wiki­data ID
Q420303
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Montrose” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مونتروز”
  • Armenian: “Մոնթրոզ”
  • Asturian: “Montrose”
  • Azerbaijani: “Montroz”
  • Basque: “Montrose”
  • Belarusian: “Мантроз”
  • Bengali: “মন্ট্রস”
  • Breton: “Mon Rois”
  • Breton: “Monadh Rois”
  • Bulgarian: “Монтроуз”
  • Catalan: “Monadh Rois”
  • Catalan: “Montrose”
  • Cebuano: “Montrose”
  • Chinese: “蒙特羅斯”
  • Chinese: “蒙特露斯”
  • Chinese: “蒙綽斯”
  • Czech: “Montrose”
  • Danish: “Montrose”
  • Dutch: “Montrose”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مونتروز”
  • Esperanto: “Montrose”
  • Faroese: “Montrose”
  • French: “Montrose”
  • Galician: “Montrose”
  • Georgian: “მონტროზი”
  • German: “Montrose”
  • Greek: “Μόντροουζ”
  • Gujarati: “મોન્ટરોઝ”
  • Icelandic: “Montrose”
  • Irish: “Mon Rois”
  • Irish: “Monadh Rois”
  • Italian: “Montrose”
  • Japanese: “モントローズ (イギリス)”
  • Japanese: “モントローズ”
  • Kannada: “ಮಾಂಟ್ರೋಸ್”
  • Korean: “몬트로스”
  • Lithuanian: “Montrozas”
  • Manx: “Mon Rois”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Montrose”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Montrose i Angus”
  • Norwegian: “Montrose”
  • Persian: “مونتروز، انگوس”
  • Polish: “Montrose”
  • Portuguese: “Montrose”
  • Russian: “Монтроз”
  • Scots: “Munross”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Mon Rois”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Monadh Rois”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Montròsa”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Montrose”
  • Sindhi: “مونٽروس”
  • Slovak: “Montrose”
  • Slovenian: “Montrose”
  • Spanish: “Montrose”
  • Swedish: “Montrose, Skottland”
  • Swedish: “Montrose”
  • Tamil: “மோன்ட்ரோஸ்”
  • Telugu: “మాంట్రోజ్”
  • Ukrainian: “Монтроз”
  • Urdu: “مونٹروس، اینگس”
  • Welsh: “Mon Rois”
  • Welsh: “Monadh Rois”
  • Welsh: “Montrose”
  • “Mon Rois”
  • “Monadh Rois”
  • “Montrose”
  • “Montrose - Mon Rois”

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