Tomintoul
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Tomintoul (; from , meaning "Hillock of the Barn") is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland in the historic county of Banffshire.
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- Locality
- Tomintoul
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Tomintoul
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Tom an t-Sabhail
- UK place.scots_name
- Tamintowl
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NJ165185
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Tomintoul.jpg
- UK place.population
- 716
- UK place.population_ref
- (Census 2011)
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Moray
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Banffshire
- UK place.post_town
- BALLINDALLOCH
- UK place.postcode_district
- AB37
- UK place.postcode_area
- AB
- UK place.dial_code
- 01807
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Moray
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- Regeneration efforts
- Notable people
- Climate
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Tomintoul (; from , meaning "Hillock of the Barn") is a village in the Moray council area of Scotland in the historic county of Banffshire.
Within Cairngorms National Park, the village lies close to the banks of the River Avon and is said by some to be the highest village in the Scottish Highlands, although at it is still much lower than the highest village in Scotland (Wanlockhead, in Dumfries and Galloway at ). By 1841, the parish reached a population of 1,722. In 1951, this had fallen to just 531. The 2011 census indicated a village population of 716 people. The village is historically part of the Parish of Kirmichael.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tomintoul” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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