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''' | The '''County of Banff''' is a [[Counties of the United Kingdom|shire]] on the [[Moray Firth]] and reaching from that rough coastline, stretching inland up the valley of the river Spey into the Grampian and [[Cairngorm]] mountains. The highest mountains are Ben Macdhui (4,296 feet), shared with Aberdeenshire, and Cairngorm (4,080 feet). | ||
The rugged mountain areas of Banffshire give way further north to more rolling country with fine glens and some areas of rich plains, running down at last to the coast. The county's main rivers are the [[River Deveron|Deveron]], the [[River Boyne, Banffshire|Boyne]], the [[River Avon, Banffshire|Avon]] (which runs from the height of Cairngorm into the Spey) and the [[River Spey|Spey]] for the miles where it forms the bounday with [[Morayshire]]. | The rugged mountain areas of Banffshire give way further north to more rolling country with fine glens and some areas of rich plains, running down at last to the coast. The county's main rivers are the [[River Deveron|Deveron]], the [[River Boyne, Banffshire|Boyne]], the [[River Avon, Banffshire|Avon]] (which runs from the height of Cairngorm into the Spey) and the [[River Spey|Spey]] for the miles where it forms the bounday with [[Morayshire]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:54, 8 October 2010
| Banffshire United Kingdom | |
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| Spe et Spiritu (With hope and courage) | |
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| Area: | 641 square miles |
| Population: | Template:Hcspop |
| County town: | Banff |
| County flower: | Dark-red helleborine [1] |
The County of Banff is a shire on the Moray Firth and reaching from that rough coastline, stretching inland up the valley of the river Spey into the Grampian and Cairngorm mountains. The highest mountains are Ben Macdhui (4,296 feet), shared with Aberdeenshire, and Cairngorm (4,080 feet).
The rugged mountain areas of Banffshire give way further north to more rolling country with fine glens and some areas of rich plains, running down at last to the coast. The county's main rivers are the Deveron, the Boyne, the Avon (which runs from the height of Cairngorm into the Spey) and the Spey for the miles where it forms the bounday with Morayshire.
Banffshire's economy is largely pastural. The county is almost entirely rural.
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