Nairn (Scotland)
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Nairn Scottish Gaelic Inbhir Nàrann |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 35 ′ N , 3 ° 53 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 9773 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | NAIRN | ||
| ZIP code section | IV12 | ||
| prefix | 01667 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Highland | ||
| British Parliament | Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Inverness and Nairn | ||
Nairn ( Gaelic : Inbhir Nàrann ) is a town in the Scottish Council Area Highland . It is located on the south bank of the Moray Firth about 26 km east-northeast of Inverness and 35 km west of Elgin . In 2011 Nairn had 9,773 inhabitants.
history
The symbol stone of Glenferness located in the south indicates a Pictish settlement in the 8th or 9th century.
Nairn grew around an old fishing village at the mouth of the River Nairn in the Moray Firth. In the Victorian era , Nairn was a medicinal bath. Due to the wide sandy beaches and the favorable climate, Nairn is a popular holiday destination. Charlie Chaplin often spent his vacations in Nairn. Nairn is the administrative seat of the traditional county of Nairnshire , which was an administrative county until 1975 .
The beaches around Nairn and Forres are similar to those in Normandy . For this reason, exercises for landing the Allies in Normandy took place there from autumn 1943 . In order not to endanger the inhabitants, parts of the population were temporarily relocated. A memorial stone has been placed on the beach to commemorate these events.
Between 1896 and 1927 Nairn was the location of the nationally important whiskey distillery Glencawdor . However, the distillery was given up.
Culture
The promoter Ken Ramage (1935–2011) founded the Nairn Jazz Festival in the 1980s, where international artists such as Ruby Braff , Gene Harris , Dick Hyman and Houston Person performed.
Nairn Harbor
St. Ninian Church
Highland Games in Nairn
traffic
The A96 , which connects Inverness with Aberdeen , crosses the city and connects it to the trunk road network. Nairn has had a train station since 1855. Today it is regularly served by First ScotRail on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line .
sons and daughters of the town
- James Augustus Grant , British officer and traveler to Africa
- Murray Rose , Australian swimmer
- Tilda Swinton , actress
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ List of Gaelic expressions
- ↑ 2011 census
- ↑ a b Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ^ The Scotsman: Charlie Chaplin Walk planned for star's favorite Highland retreat , April 28, 2012.
- ↑ Entry on scotsatwar.org.uk ( Memento from August 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Entry on the Glencawdor distillery on scottisharchitects.org.uk
- ↑ The Scotsman: Obituary: Ken Ramage, founder of the Nairn Jazz Festival, jazz promoter and businessman , September 8, 2011.