Stonehaven

Stonehaven
Market Square, Stonehaven
Stonehaven is located in Aberdeenshire
Stonehaven
Stonehaven
Location within Aberdeenshire
Population11,150 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNO8786
• Edinburgh79 mi (127 km)
• London386 mi (621 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTONEHAVEN
Postcode districtAB39
Dialling code01569
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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56°57′50″N 2°12′40″W / 56.964°N 2.211°W / 56.964; -2.211

Stonehaven (/stnˈhvən/ stohn-HAY-vən; Scots: Steenhive [stinˈhəi̯v] or Stanehyve [stenˈhəi̯v]; Scottish Gaelic: Cala na Creige) is a town in Scotland. It lies on Scotland's northeast coast and had a population of 11,602 at the 2011 Census.[2] After the demise of the town of Kincardine, which was gradually abandoned after the destruction of its royal castle in the Wars of Independence, the Scottish Parliament made Stonehaven the successor county town of Kincardineshire. It is currently administered as part of the Aberdeenshire Council Area. Stonehaven had grown around an Iron Age fishing village, now the Auld Toon ("Old Town"), and expanded inland from the seaside. As late as the 16th century, old maps indicate the town was called Stonehyve, Stonehive, Timothy Pont also adding the alternative Duniness.[3] It is known informally to locals as Stoney.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Data Warehouse Census Data Explorer". Scotland's Census 2011. 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Pont 11 : Lower Deeside". Maps.nls.uk. Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.