Buckie

Buckie
East Church Street looking eastwards
Buckie is located in Moray
Buckie
Buckie
Location within Moray
Population9,010 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNJ425655
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBUCKIE
Postcode districtAB56
Dialling code01542
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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57°40′35″N 2°57′54″W / 57.67639°N 2.96500°W / 57.67639; -2.96500

Buckie (Scottish Gaelic: Bucaidh[2]) is a burgh town (defined as such in 1888) on the Moray Firth coast of Scotland. Historically in Banffshire, Buckie was the largest town in the county until the administrative area was abolished in 1975. The town is the third largest in the Moray council area after Elgin and Forres and within the definitions of statistics published by the General Register Office for Scotland was ranked at number 75 in the list of population estimates for settlements in Scotland mid-year 2006.[3] Buckie is virtually equidistant to Banff to the east and Elgin to the west, with both approximately 17 miles (27 kilometres) distant whilst Keith lies 12 mi (19 km) to the south by road.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database". gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 20 September 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. ^ "General Register Office for Scotland - Mid-2006 Population Estimates for Settlements in Scotland - List of Tables". General Register Office for Scotland. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 12 February 2009.