Alness

Alness ( /ɔːlˈnɛs/, AWLNIS; Scottish Gaelic: Alanais) is a town and civil parish in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland. It lies near the Cromarty Firth, with the town of Invergordon, 3 miles to the east and the village of Evanton, 4 miles to the south west. The parish has a population of 3,338, although the census locality, which includes part of the parish of Rosskeen, has a population of 5,186.