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Turriff
  • Scottish Gaelic: Torraibh / Baile Thurra[1]
  • Scots: Turra
High Street, Turriff
Turriff is located in Aberdeenshire
Turriff
Turriff
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population4,700 (2020)[2]
OS grid referenceNJ725505
• Edinburgh160 miles (257 km) SSW
• London569 miles (916 km) SSE
Civil parish
  • Turriff
Council area
  • Aberdeenshire
Lieutenancy area
  • Aberdeenshire
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTURRIFF
Postcode districtAB53
Dialling code01888
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • Banff and Buchan
Scottish Parliament
  • Aberdeenshire East
List of places
UK
Scotland
57°32′21″N 2°27′40″W / 57.539031°N 2.461141°W / 57.539031; -2.461141

Turriff (from Scottish Gaelic Torraibh 'place of round hills')[1] is a town and civil parish in Aberdeenshire in Scotland. It lies on the River Deveron, about 166 feet (51 m) above sea level, and has a population of 5,708.[3] In everyday speech it is often referred to by its Scots name Turra, which is derived from the Scottish Gaelic pronunciation.

  1. ^ a b "Gaelic Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir (2003)" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  3. ^ General Register Office for Scotland : Census 2001 : Usual Resident Population KS01 : Turriff Civil Parish Retrieved 4 January 2010

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