Stonehaven

Stonehaven Scottish Gaelic: Cala na Creige Scots: Steenhive or Steinhyve Stoney
Market Square, Stonehaven
Stonehaven
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population	9,577 (2001 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	NO8786
Council area	Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area	Kincardineshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STONEHAVEN
Postcode district	AB39
Dialling code	01569
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Scottish Parliament	Angus North and Mearns
List of places UK Scotland 56°58′N 2°13′W / 56.96°N 2.21°W / 56.96; -2.21

Stonehaven (Steenhive in the Doric dialect of Scots) and Cala na Creige in Gaelic is a town with around fourteen thousand inhabitants (9,577 in the 2001 census) on the northeast coast of Scotland. It is the county town of the historic county of Kincardineshire or The Mearns and the present day county of Aberdeenshire. It grew around an Iron Age fishing village, now the "Auld Toon" ("old town"), and expanded inland from the Seaside. As late as the 16th century, old maps indicate the town was called Stonehyve or Stonehive.

1. ↑ "Comparative Population Profile: Stonehaven Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 2001. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2012.