Milngavie
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Milngavie Scottish Gaelic Muileann Dhàibhidh |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 57 ′ N , 4 ° 19 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 12,948 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | GLASGOW | ||
| ZIP code section | G62 | ||
| prefix | 0141 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | East Dunbartonshire | ||
| British Parliament | East Dunbartonshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Clydebank and Milngavie | ||
Milngavie , [ mɪlgaɪ ] or [ mʌlgaɪ ], Gaelic : Muileann Dhàibhidh , is a suburb of Glasgow in Scotland . It is approximately eight miles from downtown Glasgow in the East Dunbartonshire district . The starting point of the West Highland Way is in Milngavie . Between 1825 and 1914, the Tambowie whiskey distillery , which is important nationwide, was operated near Milngavie .
Most of Milngavie's residents commute to Glasgow to work or study. Milngavie is on the Scottish Railways SPT's North Clyde Line , which connects it with Glasgow. It is a popular recreational area with an unusually high proportion of senior citizens.
The name Milngavie is translated from Gaelic . Hence the difference between the spoken and written name. The Gaelic name for the city is "Muillean Dhàibhidh", pronounced "Mulin Ghah-ie ([ muːlɪnɣʌwi ])", which means "Mill of David". The Gaelic letter combination bh is usually translated into English as v , even if the pronunciation here corresponds to a (English) w .
Center of Milngavie, start of the West Highland Way
schools
- Douglas Academy , a state comprehensive school with a music school for gifted children. Access to the music school is through an audition.
Town twinning
- Baugé , Maine-et-Loire department , France
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Information from the Scottish Parliament
- ^ A. Barnard : The Whiskey Distilleries of the United Kingdom , 1887, pp. 45-46.
- ↑ Ulf Buxrud: Lost Scotch Malt Whiskey Distilleries 1888–1945 , 2000 ( Memento from April 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive )