Scorguie

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{{Infobox UK place

| official_name = Scorguie

| gaelic_name = Sgor Gaoithe

| coordinates = {{coord|57.4836155|N|4.2615152|W|display=inline,title}}

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Inverness and Nairn

| constituency_westminster = Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey

| country = Scotland

| hide_services = yes

| map_type = Inverness

| post_town = Inverness

| postcode_area = IV

| postcode_district = IV3 8

| unitary_scotland = Highland

| type = Neighbourhood

| population = 2,931

}}

Scorguie ({{IPAc-en|s|k|ɔːr|ˈ|ɡ|uː|i}}; {{langx|gd|Sgor Gaoithe}}, meaning "The Windy Ridge") is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated in the city's north-west, on the west bank of the Caledonian Canal, and is often considered a suburb to the city.

For most of the city's history, Scorguie was a large tract of farmland tied to an area known as "Knockgurr". Throughout the 19th century it was owned by the Duffs of Muirtown, along with a small portion of nearby Merkinch. The farm appears in a court report from 1857, in which it states crofters renting the land were to pay "£90 a year" (roughly £9,200 today).{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9vpQAQAAMAAJ&q=scorguie&pg=PA367|title=Reports of Cases Decided in the Supreme Courts of Scotland and in the House of Lords on Appeal from Scotland|date=1857|publisher=M. Anderson|language=en}}

After centuries of existence as pastureland, housing projects in Scorguie began sometime after the Second World War. As of 2018, the population is close to 3,000, with roughly 1,500 individual dwellings.{{Cite web|title=statistics.gov.scot {{!}} Inverness Scorguie|url=https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http://statistics.gov.scot/id/statistical-geography/S02002003&inactive=false|access-date=2020-08-02|website=statistics.gov.scot}}

Scorguie is home to Moray Firth Radio (MFR) station, established in 1982 as the Highland's first major radio station.{{Cite web|title=MFR - The Biggest Hits The Biggest Throwbacks|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/mfr/|access-date=2020-08-02|website=MFR|language=en}} The neighbourhood also contains Muirtown Primary School, with high school students attending Charleston Academy in neighbouring Kinmylies.

File:Muirtown Basin - geograph.org.uk - 885510.jpg|Muirtown Docks, on the east side of Scorguie

File:Inverness from Craig Phadrig - geograph.org.uk - 621260.jpg|Craig Phadrig, a 167m hill and site of an ancient Pictish fort, overlooking Scorguie

File:Inverness City Centre from Craig Phadrig - geograph.org.uk - 1060623.jpg|The rooftops of Scorguie, with Inverness centre in the distance

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