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Stranrawer[1]
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  Stranraer Location within Dumfries an Gallowa | |
| Population | 10,851 (2001 Census) |
| OS grid reference | NX059606 |
| • Edinburgh | 102 mi (164 km) |
| • Lunnon | 310 mi (499 km) |
| Cooncil area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | STRANRAER |
| Postcode destrict | DG9 |
| Diallin code | 01776 |
| Police | Scots |
| Fire | Scots |
| Ambulance | Scots |
| EU Pairlament | Scotland |
| UK Pairlament | |
| Scots Pairlament | |
Stranraer (UK /strænˈrɑːr/[3] local /strənˈrɑːr/, stran-RAR; Scots Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar) in Scotland, cryed locally as "The Toon", is a toon in the pairish o Inch, Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. Stranrawer is in the historical coonty o Wigtounshire. It lies on the shores o Loch Ryan, on the northren side o the isthmus jynin the Rhins o Gallowa til the mainland. Stranrawer is Dumfries an Gallowa's seicont-lairgest toon, wi a population includin the surroondin aurie o awmaist 13,000.
Stranrawer is the admeenistrative centre for the Wast Gallowa Wigtounshire aurie o Dumfries an Gallowa. It wis umwhile a ferry port, connectin Scotland wi Belfast an Lairne in Northren Ireland; the service wis relocatit tae nearby The Cairn in November 2011.[4] It lies bi road 87.4 mile southwast o Glesga an 72.8 mile til the wast o Dumfries.
The name comes fae the Scots Gaelic An t-Sròn Reamhar meanin "the braid heidland".[5]
- ↑ "Scots Language Centre: Scottish Place Names in Scots". Archived frae the original on 19 Mairch 2020. Retrieved 20 Mairch 2020.
- ↑ Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland[deid airtin]
- ↑ Stranraer Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine at Oxford Dictionaries Online
- ↑ "Stranraer harbour bids farewell to ferries". BBC News. 18 November 2011.
- ↑ "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Archived frae the original on 20 Mairch 2020. Retrieved 22 Apryle 2017.