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Portgordon
  • Scottish Gaelic: Port Ghòrdain
  • Paraffin City
Portgordon on the southern shore of the Moray Firth
Portgordon on the southern shore of the Moray Firth
Portgordon
Location within Moray
Population790 (2020)[1]
OS grid referenceNJ3964
• Edinburgh190 km (120 mi)
• London710 km (440 mi)
Civil parish
  • Rathven
Council area
  • Moray
Lieutenancy area
  • Banffshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBuckie
Postcode districtAB56
Dialling code01542
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Moray
Scottish Parliament
  • Moray
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°39′50″N 3°00′43″W / 57.664°N 03.012°W / 57.664; -03.012

Portgordon, or sometimes Port Gordon,[2] (Scottish Gaelic: Port Ghòrdain) is a village in Moray, Scotland, 2 km (1+14 mi) south-west of Buckie. It was established in 1797 by Alexander Gordon, 4th Duke of Gordon as a fishing village.[3] It had a population of 844 at the time of the 2011 census.[4][5] The Portgordon Community Harbour Group was trying to regenerate the harbour and open a marina.[6]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Reid, Peter (November 1997). Port Gordon. The Life and Times of a Village. Tynet Heritage. Archived from the original on 14 October 2010. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ "The Dukes of Gordon". Archived from the original on 22 March 2006. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  4. ^ "Portgordon (Moray)". City population. Thomas Brinkhoff. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  5. ^ "Area profiles, Locality, Portgordon". Scotland's Census. National Records of Scotland. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Ports and harbours of the UK". Duncan Mackintosh. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

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