Doune (/duːn/; from Scottish Gaelic: An Dùn, meaning 'the fort') is a burgh within Perthshire. The town is administered by Stirling Council. Doune is assigned Falkirk postcodes starting "FK". The village lies within the parish of Kilmadock and mainly within the area surrounded by the River Teith and Ardoch Burn.
In the 2001 Scottish census, 2.75% residents of Doune could speak Scottish Gaelic.[2]
Doune has a small primary school with 183 pupils on the roll (June 2016), drawn from a catchment area which extends outside the town, especially to the north. It is located on the site of Doune Roman fort.[3] Gaelic is taught in Primary 1–7 and Spanish is now taught from P5 upwards .[4]
^"Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
^"Comparative Population Profile: Callander Locality". Scotland's Census Results Online. 29 April 2001. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.
^Hatherley, Candy; Evans, Jeremy; Goldberg, Martin; Hartley, Kay F.; Hastie, Mhairi; Holmes, Nicholas M. McQ; Hunter, Fraser; Lochrie, Julie; Monteil, Gwladys; Photos-Jones, Effie; Timpany, Scott (12 June 2020). "Doune Roman fort, Stirlingshire: excavations in 1999, 2008 and 2010". Scottish Archaeological Internet Reports. 92: 1–62. doi:10.9750/issn.2056-7421.2020.92. ISSN 2056-7421.
^Doune Primary School on the website of Stirling Council
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