Torphins
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 Torphins Village Crossroads | |
  Torphins Location within Aberdeenshire | |
| Population | 1,370 (2022)[1] |
| OS grid reference | NJ6219 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BANCHORY |
| Postcode district | AB31 |
| Dialling code | 01339 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Torphins (/tɔːrˈfɪnz/ tor-FINZ;[2] Scottish Gaelic: Tòrr Fionn) is a village in Royal Deeside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland which lies about 22 miles (35 km) west of Aberdeen. It is situated on the A980, about 7 miles (11 km) north-west of Banchory, and was once served by the Great North of Scotland Railway.
With a population of around 1,400, it is one of the larger villages in Deeside.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ G.M. Miller, BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names (London: Oxford UP, 1971), p. 149.