Doune
Sign in to saveDoune (; from Scottish Gaelic: , meaning 'the fort') is a burgh within Perthshire. The town is administered by Stirling Council. Doune is assigned Falkirk postcodes starting "FK". The village lies within the parish of Kilmadock and mainly within the area surrounded by the River Teith and Ardoch Burn.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Doune
- UK place.gaelic_name
- An Dùn
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Stirling
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Perthshire
- UK place.civil_parish
- Kilmadock
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Stirling and Strathallan
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Stirling
- UK place.post_town
- Doune
- UK place.postcode_district
- FK16
- UK place.postcode_area
- FK
- UK place.dial_code
- 01786
- UK place.static_image_name
- Doune Castle above river.jpg
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NN726016
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 2150
- Image
- Doune Castle above river.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01786
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- FK16
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- NN726016
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Doune (; from Scottish Gaelic: , meaning 'the fort') is a burgh within Perthshire. The town is administered by Stirling Council. Doune is assigned Falkirk postcodes starting "FK". The village lies within the parish of Kilmadock and mainly within the area surrounded by the River Teith and Ardoch Burn.
In the 2001 Scottish census, 2.75% residents of Doune could speak Scottish Gaelic.
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