The Buchan Towns and Villages Buchan is one of the 6 administrative areas
North-East of Scotland Aberdeenshire Buchan Towns and Villages, The Buchan area has a population of 42,751
The population of Buchan, Scotland is estimated to be 42,751 as of October 2024.
It contains the town of Peterhead and is adjacent to the committee and administrative areas of Banff and Buchan and Formartine.
Buchan is one of the six administrative areas in Aberdeenshire and represents just over 9% of the total council area, spanning across 3 of the 19 multi-member wards in Aberdeenshire, namely Central Buchan, Peterhead North & Rattray and Peterhead South & Cruden.
Buchan is an area of 587 square kilometers (227 square miles) within Aberdeenshire, and makes up just over 9% of the total council area.
Here are some populations for areas:
- Central Buchan: 14,948 people
- Peterhead North and Rattray: 14,194 people
- Peterhead South and Cruden: 13,363 people
- Peterhead: The largest town in Buchan, with a population of around 19,000
- Fraserburgh: The largest town in Banff and Buchan, with a population of 13,140
- Banff: A significant settlement with a population of 4,020
- Macduff: A significant settlement with a population of 4,030
The economy of Buchan is dependent on agriculture inland, and the oil and gas industry.
The Buchan Towns & Villages & near
Peterhead South & Cruden
- Boddam
- Cruden Bay
- Hatton
Central Buchan
- Fetterangus
- Longside
- Maud
- Mintlaw
- New Deer
- New Pitsligo
- Strichen
- Stuartfield (Crichie)
- Kininmonth & New Leeds
Peterhead North & Rattray
- Crimond
- St Fergus
- St Combs
Buchan Community Councils | Buchan Area Profile 2023
Average House Price 2021 – £172,906 (8% increase 2016-2021)
Buchan is a coastal district in the north-east of Scotland, bounded by the Ythan and Deveron rivers. It was one of the original provinces of the Kingdom of Alba. It is now one of the six committee areas of Aberdeenshire
Clan Buchan History
The Buchan region, in the north-eastern part of Aberdeenshire, verging on Banffshire, is the origin of the name of this clan. The Earldom of Buchan passed through the hands of the Comyns, though it fell from their grasp following their defeat at the hands of Robert the Bruce. Subsequently, the earldom was conferred upon Alexander Stewart, natural son of Robert II, and the notorious ‘Wolf of Badenoch’.
It is important to distinguish, however, that the name would also have been used by local nobility, even though they may have no direct affiliation with their Earls.
Auchmacoy came under the family’s influence from the beginning of the 14th century, though it was not until 1503 that Andrew, the second chief, received a charter to the lands from James IV. The Barons of Auchmacoy were strident Royalists and supported the Stewart claim throughout the 17th century. Thomas Buchan, 3rd Son of James Buchan of Auchmacoy, was appointed commander-in-chief of all Jacobite forces in Scotland following the death of Dundee at Killiecrankie in 1689. He received his commission from the King in Ireland, who returned to Scotland in April 1690 where he met at Keppoch with chiefs sympathetic to the Jacobite cause.
Buchan led the Jacobite forces throughout a protracted strategic struggle with government forces under General Mackay. Following his eventual defeat, he was allowed to seek exile in France, but he fought again at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715, and continued his royal allegiance right up to his death in 1721.
Source: www.scotclans.com
Early Origins of the Buchan family
The surname Buchan was first found in Aberdeenshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain), a historic county, and present day Council Area of Aberdeen, located in the Grampian region of northeastern Scotland.
Some of the first records of the family were Ricardus de Buchan, who was clerk of the bishopric of Aberdeen c. 1207-1208 and William de Buchan who held land in Aberdeen in 1281. A few years later, Thomas de Boghan of Edinburghshire rendered homage to King Edward I in 1296.
