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Stranraer
Stranraer
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| Town and sea port | |
 Stranraer looking west from the castle tower, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland | |
  Stranraer Location within Dumfries and Galloway | |
| Population | 10,110 (2022)[3] |
| OS grid reference | NX059606 |
| • Edinburgh | 102 mi (164 km) |
| • London | 310 mi (499 km) |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STRANRAER |
| Postcode district | DG9 |
| Dialling code | 01776 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Stranraer (UK: /strænˈrɑːr/ stran-RAR,[4] in Scotland also /strənˈ-/ strən-;[citation needed] Scottish Gaelic: An t-Sròn Reamhar [ən̪ˠˌt̪ʰɾɔːn ˈɾãũ.əɾ]), also known as The Toon, is a town in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, on Loch Ryan and the northern side of the isthmus joining the Rhins of Galloway to the mainland. Stranraer is Dumfries and Galloway's second-largest town, with a population of 10,593.[5]
Stranraer is the administrative centre for the Wigtownshire area of Dumfries and Galloway. It was formerly a ferry port, connecting Scotland with Belfast and Larne in Northern Ireland; the service was transferred to nearby Cairnryan in 2011.[6] It lies 87 miles (140 km) south-west of Glasgow, 52 miles (84 km) south-west of Ayr and 72 miles (116 km) west of Dumfries.
The name comes from Scottish Gaelic, An t-Sròn Reamhar, meaning "the broad headland" or "the fat nose".[7]
- ^ Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba ~ Gaelic Place-names of Scotland
- ^ Scots Language Centre: Scottish Place Names in Scots
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Stranraer". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Ward 1 - Stranraer and the Rhins". Dumfries and Galloway Council. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Stranraer harbour bids farewell to ferries". BBC News. 18 November 2011.
- ^ "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
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