Ayr
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Ayr Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Air |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 28 ′ N , 4 ° 37 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 46,849 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | AYR | ||
| ZIP code section | KA6, KA7, KA8 | ||
| prefix | 01292 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | South Ayrshire | ||
| British Parliament | Ayr, Carrick, and Cumnock | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Ayr | ||
Ayr ( Gaelic Inbhir Àir ) is a town in the south-west of Scotland , on the Firth of Clyde , where the River Ayr flows into it. It is the capital of traditional Ayrshire and the administrative seat of the South Ayrshire Council Area . In the 2011 census survey, Ayr had 46,849 people.
history
Ayr is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Galloway , which can look back on over 1,600 years of history. Episcopal Church is St Margaret's Cathedral .
On April 26, 1315, the first Scottish Parliament was opened by Robert the Bruce in Ayr . It was known as Inverair or Inverayr , which is still evident today in the Gaelic form of the name Inbhir Àir .
education
The University of the West of Scotland has one of its four locations in Ayr (next to Paisley , Hamilton and Dumfries ).
Sports
Ayr United is the city's football club. He will play in the Scottish Second Division for the 2018/19 season .
At the Ayr Racecourse, a. the Scottish Grand National (April) and the Ayr Gold Cup (September).
traffic
Glasgow Prestwick Airport is on the northern outskirts .
Town twinning
Twin town of Ayr is since 1984 the city of Saint-Germain-en-Laye in the French region of Ile-de-France .
Born in Ayr
- John Loudon McAdam (1756–1836), Scottish engineer, inventor of the macadam pavement
- Robert Burns (1759–1796), Scottish poet, born in Alloway, now part of Ayr
- William Maclure (1763-1840) Scottish geologist, scholar, and philanthropist
- John Coats (1906–1979), Scottish theosophist
- William Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock (1911–1988), British Labor Party politician
- Abdalqadir as-Sufi (* 1930), British author and personality of Islam
- David E. Murray (* 1951), Scottish entrepreneur and former sports official
- Alan McInally (* 1963), former Scottish football player
- Brian Whittle (* 1964), former British athlete, (400-meter run)
- Rhona Martin (* 1966), Scottish curler
- Drew McIntyre (born 1985), Scottish wrestler
Individual evidence
Web links
High Street and Wallace Tower
St Margaret's Cathedral
Ayr beach at low tide
Place de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
