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Fort William

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Also known as An Gearasdan

town in Highland, Scotland, UK

Key facts

Population
15,757 (2024)
Os grid reference
NN 10584 74114
Edinburgh
134 mi (216 km)
London
512 mi (824 km)
Community council
Fort William
Council area
Highland
Country
Scotland
Sovereign state
United Kingdom
Post town
FORT WILLIAM
Postcode district
PH33
Dialling code
01397
Police
Scotland
Fire
Scottish
Ambulance
Scottish
Uk parliament
Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire
Scottish parliament
Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Located in
Lochaber
Population
5760
Time zone
UTC±00:00
Shares border with
Kyle of Lochalsh
Image
From Fassifern Road - geograph.org.uk - 185187.jpg
Dialing code
01397
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Commons category
Fort William, Scotland
postal code
PH33
OS grid reference
NN103738
topic's main category
Category:Fort William, Highland
different from
Fort William
category of associated people
Category:People from Fort William, Highland
historic county
Inverness-shire
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Encyclopedic overview

Fort William is a town in the Lochaber region of the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe in the Highland Council of Scotland.

At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population of 15,757, making it the second-largest settlement both in the Highland council area and in the whole of the Scottish Highlands; only the city of Inverness has a larger population.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fort William” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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