Editing Fort Augustus (section)

{{Short description|Village in Scotland}}
{{for-multi|the abbey and school|Fort Augustus Abbey|the American fort|Fort Augusta}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{infobox UK place
| country                           = Scotland
| official_name                     = Fort Augustus
| scots_name                        =
| gaelic_name                       = Cille Chuimein<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=47| title=Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database| publisher=[[Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba]]| access-date=7 May 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407205601/http://gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=47| archive-date=7 April 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
| static_image_name                 = File:Caledonian_Canal,_Fort_Augustus_to_Loch_Ness.jpg
| static_image_caption              = Swing bridge and locks at Fort Augustus
| population                       = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Fort Augustus}}
| population_ref                   = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
| edinburgh_distance                = {{convert|100|mi|km|abbr=on|0}}
| london_distance                   = {{convert|430|mi|km|abbr=on|0}}
| os_grid_reference                 = NH379090
| map_type                          = Inverness
| coordinates                       = {{coord|57.1432|-4.6807|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland                  = [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]
| lieutenancy_scotland              = 
| constituency_westminster          = [[Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire (UK Parliament constituency)|Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament  = [[Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament2 = [[Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region)|Highlands and Islands]]
| post_town                         = Fort Augustus
| postcode_district                 = PH32
| postcode_area                     = PH
| dial_code                         = 01320 
}}

[[File:Fort_Augustus_(6194579565).jpg|260px|thumb|right|Locks on the [[Caledonian Canal]] in Fort Augustus, looking towards [[Loch Ness]]]]
'''Fort Augustus''' is a settlement in the parish of Boleskine and Abertarff, at the south-west end of [[Loch Ness]], [[Scottish Highlands]]. The village has a population of around 646 (2001).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.highland.gov.uk/plintra/iandr/cen/sz/fortaugustus.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041220234212/http://www.highland.gov.uk/plintra/iandr/cen/sz/fortaugustus.htm|url-status=dead|title=highland.gov.uk|archivedate=20 December 2004}}</ref> Its economy is heavily reliant on [[tourism]].