Campbeltown
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Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port.
Key facts
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain
- UK place.scots_name
- Cammeltoun
- UK place.official_name
- Campbeltown
- UK place.type
- Town and former royal burgh
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 101
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 352
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Argyll and Bute
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Argyll and Bute
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Argyll and Bute
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NR 71800 20300
- UK place.post_town
- Campbeltown
- UK place.postcode_area
- PA
- UK place.postcode_district
- PA28
- UK place.dial_code
- 01586
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Campbeltown, Kintyre, Scotland - all the news!
Visit Kintyre on the west coast of Scotland.
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Kinlochkilkerran
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Argyll and Bute
- Population
- 4670
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.campbeltown.info
- Image
- Campbeltown seafront.jpg
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- Commons category
- Campbeltown
- OS grid reference
- NR718203
- different from
- Campbelltown
- postal code
- PA28
- native label
- Kinlochkilkerran
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- historic county
- Argyll
- located in/on physical feature
- Kintyre
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- History
- Economy
- Whisky
- Climate
- Culture
- Politics
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
- Electricity
- Transport
- Language
- Notable people
- Town twinnings
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Campbeltown (; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre Peninsula. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port.
The 2018 population estimate was 4,600, indicating a reduction since the 2011 census.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Campbeltown” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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