Peterculter

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Peterculter
Coordinates 57 ° 6 ′  N , 2 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 57 ° 6 ′  N , 2 ° 16 ′  W
Peterculter (Scotland)
Peterculter
Peterculter
Residents 4576 2011 census
administration
Post town PETERCULTER
ZIP code section AB14
prefix 01224
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Aberdeen
British Parliament Aberdeen South
Scottish Parliament Aberdeen South and North Kincardine

Peterculter is a suburb of the Scottish city ​​of Aberdeen . It is located about 13 km west of the city center on the north bank of the Dee . The village developed around a mill built in 1751. In 2011 Peterculter had 4576 inhabitants.

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In the 19th century Peterculter got a station on the Deeside Railway line of the Great North of Scotland Railway , which ran from Aberdeen to Ballater . However, the line was closed in 1966. The A93 runs through Peterculter and connects the village to the trunk road network. The A90 runs just a few kilometers east. A road bridge crosses the Dee a few hundred meters to the east.

  • Peterculter

  • Milltimber on the right edge of the picture in the middle, behind Peterculter

  • Peterculter Parish Church

  • The Dee at Peterculter

  • The A93 in Peterculter

Eponyms

The Martian crater Culter has been named after the place since 2006.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Peterculter. Aberdeen City. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Peterculter. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 5: (Lib - Pet). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, p. 200.
  4. ^ Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature

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