Kingussie
Sign in to saveKingussie ( ; ) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically in Inverness-shire, it lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the town's main street which has been bypassed since 1979. Kingussie is south of Inverness, south of Aviemore, and north of Newtonmore.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Kingussie
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.map_type
- Badenoch and Strathspey
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NH755005
- UK place.language
- English
- UK place.language1
- Scottish Gaelic
- UK place.post_town
- KINGUSSIE
- UK place.postcode_area
- PH
- UK place.postcode_district
- PH21
- UK place.dial_code
- 01540
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich
- UK place.scots_name
- Kineussie
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Highland
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Inverness-shire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Kingussie market cross.gif
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1480
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- River Spey
- Official website
- www.kingussie.co.uk
- Image
- Kingussie market cross.gif
- Dialing code
- 01540
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- hashtag
- Kingussie
- Commons category
- Kingussie
- postal code
- PH21
- OS grid reference
- NH755005
- located in protected area
- Cairngorms National Park
- historic county
- Inverness-shire
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Gaelic
- Shinty
- Tourism
- Education
- Speyside Way
- Culture
- Film
- Literature
- Football
- References
- External links
Kingussie ( ; ) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically in Inverness-shire, it lies beside the A9 road, although the old route of the A9 serves as the town's main street which has been bypassed since 1979. Kingussie is south of Inverness, south of Aviemore, and north of Newtonmore.
== History == A former church in Kingussie|thumb The name "Kingussie" comes from the Gaelic ''Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich, which means "Head of the Pine forest".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kingussie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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