Dumfries
Sign in to saveDumfries (Scots: ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Dumfries
- UK place.type
- Town and administrative centre
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- River Nith at Whitesands, Dumfries - geograph.org.uk - 4699477.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 280px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Skyline of Dumfries Town Centre, with the River Nith in the foreground
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.population_demonym
- Doonhamer
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NX976762
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 285
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 63
- UK place.post_town
- DUMFRIES
- UK place.postcode_area
- DG
- UK place.postcode_district
- DG1, DG2
- UK place.dial_code
- 01387
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- • Dumfries and Galloway(Con – John Cooper)
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Dùn Phris
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
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37 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Early history
- Medieval period
- Eighteenth century
- 20th century and beyond
- Demography
- Population
- Religion
- Education
- Healthcare
- Geography and climate
- Locality
- Weather and climate trends
- Governance and politics
- Royal Burgh status (1186)
- Political expansion
- Political representation
- Economy
- Culture
- Museums, parks and libraries
- Theatre, cinema and media
- Concert and event venues
- Architectural geology
- Visual arts and festivals
- Sport
- Freedom of Dumfries
- Transport
- Notable people
- Places of the same name
- Canada
- United States
- Other
- Twin towns – sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Dumfries (Scots: ; from ) is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.
Before becoming King of Scots, Robert the Bruce killed his rival John Comyn III of Badenoch at Greyfriars Kirk in the town in 1306. The Young Pretender had his headquarters here towards the end of 1745. In World War II, the Norwegian armed forces in exile in Britain largely consisted of a brigade in Dumfries.