54°54N 5°02W, pop (2000e) 10 100. Port in Dumfries and Galloway, SW Scotland, UK; at the head of Loch Ryan; railway; ferries to N Ireland; footwear, metal products, transport equipment; Wigtown district museum.
| Stranraer | |
|---|---|
| Gaelic: | An t-Sròn Reamhar |
| Scots: | Stranraer |
| Location | |
| OS grid reference: | NX055605 |
| Statistics | |
| Population: | 10,851 (2001 Census) |
| Administration | |
| Council area: | Dumfries & Galloway |
| Constituent country: | Scotland |
| Sovereign state: | United Kingdom |
| Other | |
| Police force: | Dumfries & Galloway Constabulary |
| Lieutenancy area: | Wigtown |
| Former county: | Wigtownshire |
| Post office and telephone | |
| Post town: | STRANRAER |
| Postal district: | DG9 |
| Dialling code: | 01776 |
| Politics | |
| Scottish Parliament: | Dumfries & Galloway |
| UK Parliament: | Dumfries & Galloway |
| European Parliament: | Scotland |
Stranraer (An t-Sròn Reamhar in Gaelic) is a town in the south of Scotland in the west of the region of Dumfries and Galloway and was formerly in the county of Wigtownshire.
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