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Comrie
Comrie(;〔(Comrie ). Retrieved 2013-12-01.〕 Gaelic: ''Cuimridh''; Pictish: ''Aberlednock''; Roman: ''Victoria'') is an affluent village and parish in the southern highlands of Scotland, towards the western end of the Strathearn district of Perth and Kinross, seven miles (11 km) west of Crieff. Comrie is a historic conservation village, recognised for its outstanding beauty (for which it has received many awards) and history and is also situated in a National Scenic Area around the river Earn. In addition Comrie is a thriving local community with over 50 local groups covering all ages and many interests. Situated on the Highland Boundary Fault, the village experiences more earth tremors than anywhere else in Britain. The town is twinned with Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada.
==Location & Etymology==
Comrie sits within the registration county of Perthshire (Gaelic: ''Siorrachd Pheairt'') and the Perth and Kinross local council area. The name Comrie is derived from the original Gaelic name con-ruith or comh-ruith (from ''con/comh'' 'together', and ''ruith'' 'to run', 'running') translating literally as 'running together', but more accurately as 'together flowing' or 'the place where rivers meet'. In modern Gaelic the name is more often transcribed as 'Comraidh', 'Cuimridh' or 'Cuimrigh'. This is an apt toponym as the village sits at the confluence of three rivers. The River Ruchill (Gaelic: ''An Ruadh Thuill'', The Red Flood) and The River Lednock (Scots Gaelic: ''An Leathad Cnoc'', The Wooded Knoll) are both tributaries of the Earn (Gaelic: ''Uisge Dubh-Èireann'') at Comrie,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database )〕 which itself eventually feeds into the Tay (Gaelic: ''Uisge Tatha'').
Due to its position astride the Highland Boundary Fault it experiences frequent earth tremors and Comrie has an old nickname of the 'Shaky Toun/Toon' (Scots) or 'Am Baile Critheanach' (Gaelic). In the 1830s around 7,300 tremors were recorded and today Comrie records earth tremors more often, and to a higher intensity, than anywhere else in the United Kingdom.〔(Moorlandschool.co.uk )〕 Comrie became the site of one of the world's first seismometers in 1840, and a functional replica is still housed in the 'Earthquake House' in The Ross in Comrie.〔(Comrie Earthquake House )〕
The village's position on the Highland Boundary Fault is unique, and gives Comrie a claim to the highly contested title of ''Gateway to the Highlands''. To the north of the village, Ben Chonzie and the Grampian Mountains rise majestically, while to the south of the village wide and open moorland is joined by lesser (though still impressive) mountains and glens which provide a unique range of terrain and ecology.
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