What is Blackburn, Aberdeenshire?
{{infobox UK place |country= Scotland |official_name= Blackburn (Aberdeenshire) |scots_name= |gaelic_name= |population= 1,386 |population_ref = (2001).<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Scotland's Census Results Online|title=Comparative Population Profile: Blackburn Locality|url=http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=Blackburn+(Aberdeenshire)&mainLevel=Locality|date=2001-04-29|accessdate=2008-08-31|archive-date=2011-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519162935/http://www.scrol.gov.uk/scrol/browser/profile.jsp?profile=Population&mainArea=Blackburn+(Aberdeenshire)&mainLevel=Locality|url-status=dead}}</ref>(2,540 Mid-2008 Estimate) | os_grid_reference= NJ826127 |map_type=Scotland |latitude=57.205283 |longitude=-2.288903 |unitary_scotland= [[Aberdeenshire]] |lieutenancy_scotland= |constituency_westminster= |constituency_scottish_parliament= |post_town= ABERDEEN |postcode_district = AB21 |postcode_area= AB |dial_code= 01224 79 }} '''Blackburn''' is a rapidly growing [[commuter town]] in [[Aberdeenshire]] just northwest of [[Aberdeen]], [[Scotland]]. It has an [[industrial estate]]. [[File:Barratt housing development.jpg|thumb|right|New housing under construction at Blackburn in February 2007]] == References == {{reflist}} {{UK-stub}} [[Category:Towns in Aberdeenshire]]