Cromarty

Cromarty Scottish Gaelic: Cromba
Waterfront houses in Cromarty
Cromarty
Cromarty shown within the Ross and Cromarty area
Population	719 (2001)
OS grid reference	NH785675
Council area	Highland
Lieutenancy area	Ross and Cromarty
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CROMARTY
Postcode district	IV11
Dialling code	01381
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament	Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch
List of places UK Scotland Coordinates: 57°40′52″N 4°02′06″W / 57.681°N 4.035°W / 57.681; -4.035

Cromarty (pronunciation: ⁱ/ˈkrɒmərti/; Scottish Gaelic: Cromba, IPA: [ˈkʰɾɔumpə]) is a town, civil parish and former royal burgh in Ross and Cromarty, in the Highland area of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 719.

Cromarty is a seaport on the southern shore of the mouth of Cromarty Firth, 5 miles (8 km) seaward from Invergordon on the opposite coast. Until 1890 it was the county town of the former county of Cromartyshire.

The name Cromarty variously derives from the Gaelic crom (crooked), and from bati (bay), or from àrd (height), meaning either the "crooked bay", or the "bend between the heights" (referring to the high rocks, or Sutors, which guard the entrance to the Firth), and gave the title to the Earldom of Cromartie. Its name in 1264 was Crumbathyn.

...
Wikipedia