Editing Stonehaven (section)

{{short description|Town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland}}
{{About|the town in Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name                    = Stonehaven
| gaelic_name                      =
| scots_name                       = Steenhive
| local_name                       = 
| country                          = Scotland
| population                       = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Stonehaven}}
| population_ref                   = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
| os_grid_reference                = NO8786
| edinburgh_distance_mi            = 79
| london_distance_mi               = 386
| coordinates                      = {{coord|56.964|-2.211|display=inline,title}}
| post_town                        = STONEHAVEN
| postcode_area                    = AB
| postcode_district                = AB39
| dial_code                        = 01569
| constituency_westminster         = [[West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine (UK Parliament constituency)|West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine]]
| unitary_scotland                 = [[Aberdeenshire]]
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [[Kincardineshire]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Angus North and Mearns (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Angus North and Mearns]]
| static_image_name                = Stonehaven-Square.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Market Square, Stonehaven
}}

'''Stonehaven''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Stonehaven.ogg|s|t|oʊ|n|ˈ|h|eɪ|v|ən}} {{respell|stohn|HAY|vən}}) is a town on the northeast coast of Scotland, {{convert|15|mi|km|0}} south of [[Aberdeen]]. It had a population of 11,177 at the [https://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/webapi/jsf/tableView/tableView.xhtml 2022 Census].<ref name="census2011">{{Cite web |year=2015 |title=Data Warehouse Census Data Explorer |url=http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/data-warehouse.html |access-date=10 Feb 2015 |publisher=Scotland's Census 2011 |archive-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140604200212/http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ods-web/data-warehouse.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Stonehaven was formerly the county town of [[Kincardineshire]], succeeding the now abandoned town of [[Kincardine, Aberdeenshire|Kincardine]]. It is currently administered as part of [[Aberdeenshire]]. The town is known in the local [[Doric Scots|Doric dialect]] as ''Steenhive'' ({{IPAc-en|s|t|i|n|ˈ|h|aɪ|v|audio=Steenhive.ogg}})<ref>{{cite web|title=Steenhive|work=Scottish National Dictionary|publisher=Dictionaries of the Scots Language|access-date=24 November 2024|url=https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/snd00089658}}</ref> and is nicknamed ''Stoney''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cruickshank |first=Simon |date=2019-11-08 |title=There’s more to Stoney than sun, sand and summer {{!}} Ship Inn |url=https://www.shipinnstonehaven.com/theres-more-to-stoney-than-sun-sand-and-summer/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |language=en-GB}}</ref>