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Ecclefechan (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Fheichein) is a village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland.

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Place details

Locality
Ecclefechan
Region
Alba / Scotland
Country
United Kingdom
Population
850
Timezone
Europe/London

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Key facts

UK place.country
Scotland
UK place.official_name
Ecclefechan
UK place.gaelic_name
Eaglais Fheichein
UK place.local_name
Fechan
UK place.os_grid_reference
NY193748
UK place.population_ref
()
UK place.unitary_scotland
Dumfries and Galloway
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
Dumfries
UK place.post_town
LOCKERBIE
UK place.postcode_district
DG11
UK place.postcode_area
DG
UK place.dial_code
01576
UK place.constituency_westminster
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
Dumfriesshire

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
village
Population
880
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Image
Ecclefechan - geograph.org.uk - 387277.jpg
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Commons category
Ecclefechan
historic county
Dumfriesshire
described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
OS grid reference
NY193746
Sources (1)

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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Governance
  • Places of interest
  • Notable residents
  • Culture
  • Local produce
  • See also
  • References

Ecclefechan (Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Fheichein) is a village located in Dumfries and Galloway in the south of Scotland.

The village is famous for being the birthplace of Thomas Carlyle.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ecclefechan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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