Dyce

Dyce (Gaelic: Deis ) is an industrially dominated village in the Scottish council area Aberdeen. It is located about eight kilometers north- west of the center of Aberdeen on the west bank of the Don. Just a few hundred meters south begins the Aberdeen Bucksburn neighborhood.

History

Dyce I developed with the establishment of a railway station along the main stretch of the Great North of Scotland Railway in the 1860s. In 1934, the Aberdeen International Airport was opened in Dyce. In the following decades, the town developed an industrial appearance and settled among other companies in the food industry, telecommunications and oil processing in the newly established industrial areas of Dyce.

In the 1841 census, 470 people lived in Dyce. The population grew rapidly to 1162 in 1881. The highest level was registered in 1981 with 7040 people. Since then, the population is declining and was last determined in 2001 to 5661.

Traffic

The village is located just off the A944 ( Aberdeen Corgarff ). About three kilometers south runs the A96 (Aberdeen - Inverness ). The Dyce Rail Station was once served by trains on the main line of the Great North of Scotland Railway and also formed the terminus of the Formartine and Buchan Railway. Today there keep trains on the Aberdeen to Inverness Line First ScotRail. This binds with the located in Aberdeen Dyce International Airport.