Dumfries is a market town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, near the mouth of the River Nith on the Solway Firth, 25 miles (40 km) from the Anglo-Scottish border. Dumfries is the county town of the historic county of Dumfriesshire.
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Before becoming King of Scots, Robert the Bruce killed his rival John Comyn III of Badenoch at Greyfriars Kirk in the town in 1306. The Young Pretender had his headquarters here towards the end of 1745. In World War II, the Norwegian armed forces in exile in Britain largely consisted of a brigade in Dumfries.
Dumfries is nicknamed Queen of the South; this is also the name of the town's football club. People from Dumfries are known colloquially in Scots language as Doonhamers.
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Towns around Dumfries
- Carlisle47 km SE
- Workington48 km S
- Whitehaven58 km S
- Penrith71 km SE
- Dalserf76 km N
- Larkhall77 km N
- Ayr78 km NW
- Wishaw80 km N
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