Finzean
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 Finzean and Peter Hill viewed from the north-east | |
  Finzean Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| Population | est. 270 (2002) |
| OS grid reference | NO6192 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Banchory |
| Postcode district | AB31 |
| Dialling code | 01330 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Finzean (/ˈfɪŋən/ FING-ən; Scottish Gaelic: Fìnnean) is a rural community, electoral polling district, community council area and former ecclesiastical parish, which forms the southern part of the Parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Finzean was the subject of many well-known landscape paintings by the artist Joseph Farquharson, whose family have owned Finzean Estate (which occupies the eastern half of Finzean) since the 17th century. Finzean extends to approximately 8000 hectares in area and had a population of approximately 270 in 2002.[1]
- ^ Finzean Community Association: A History of Finzean, an Aberdeenshire village. A reproduction of a 1965 account, with a note on recent changes in Finzean, 2002