Cromarty

Cromarty (; , ) is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland. Situated at the tip of the Black Isle on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, it is seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast. In the 2022 census, it had a population of 672.

Key facts

UK place.country: Scotland
UK place.map_type: Ross and Cromarty
UK place.static_image_name: Cromarty from Gallow Hill - geograph.org.uk - 4854915.jpg
UK place.official_name: Cromarty
UK place.gaelic_name: Cromba
UK place.population_ref: ()
UK place.os_grid_reference: NH785675
UK place.unitary_scotland: Highland
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland: Ross and Cromarty
UK place.constituency_westminster: Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament: Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
UK place.post_town: CROMARTY
UK place.postcode_district: IV11
UK place.postcode_area: IV
UK place.dial_code: 01381

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Wikidata facts

Population: 700
Official website: www.cromartylive.co.uk
Image: Cromarty waterfront houses.jpg

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OS grid reference: NH785675
Commons category: Cromarty
P8168: Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier

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History
Geography
Governance
UK Parliamentary constituency
Scottish Parliament Constituency
Architecture and landmarks
Transport
Education
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Traditional dialect
People
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==History== The name Cromarty variously derives from the Gaelic crom (crooked), and from bati (bay), or from àrd (height), meaning either the "crooked bay", or the "bend between the heights" (referring to the high rocks, or Sutors, which guard the entrance to the Firth), and gave the title to the Earldom of Cromartie. In 1264, its name was Crumbathyn.