Brora
Sign in to savethumb|200px|Clock Tower War Memorial, dedicated 1922 thumb|right|200px|Brora River from Brora Bridge thumb|200px|right|Brora Beach Brora ( ; ) is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Brora
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,290
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Brora
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Brùra
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NC906039
- UK place.static_image_name
- Harbour Road, Brora - geograph.org.uk - 486882.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Harbour Road, Brora
- UK place.map_type
- Sutherland
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Sutherland
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Caithness, Sutherland and Ross constituency in the Highlands and Islands electoral region
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1240
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Dornoch Firth
- Image
- Harbour Road, Brora - geograph.org.uk - 486882.jpg
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- P7959
- Sutherland
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- Origin of the name
- History
- Archaeology
- Transport
- Education
- Sport
- Government listening station
- Notable people from Brora
- References
- External links
thumb|200px|Clock Tower War Memorial, dedicated 1922 thumb|right|200px|Brora River from Brora Bridge thumb|200px|right|Brora Beach Brora ( ; ) is a village in the east of Sutherland, in the Highland area of Scotland.
==Origin of the name== The name Brora is derived from Old Norse and means "river with a bridge".