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Hopeman is a seaside village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in Moray
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, on the coast of the Moray Firth
Moray Firth

The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland....
. The population is around 1,000 people in approximately 670 households. The village was founded in 1805 to house and re-employ families displaced during Highland clearances
Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances were forced displacements of the population of the Scottish Highlands between the 18th. and 19th centuries. They led to mass emigration to the coast, the Scottish Lowlands and abroad....
.

man has two beaches. The West Beach is the smaller of the two. It is topped by dunes. The East Beach is larger and is surrounded by large, grassy sand dunes.






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Hopeman is a seaside village
Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or Residential community, larger than a hamlet , but smaller than a town or city. Though generally located in rural areas, the term urban village may be applied to certain urban area neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New York City and the Saifi Village in Beirut, Lebanon....
 in Moray
Moray

Moray is one of the 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland ....
, Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, on the coast of the Moray Firth
Moray Firth

The Moray Firth is a roughly triangular inlet of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland Council areas of Scotland of Scotland....
. The population is around 1,000 people in approximately 670 households. The village was founded in 1805 to house and re-employ families displaced during Highland clearances
Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances were forced displacements of the population of the Scottish Highlands between the 18th. and 19th centuries. They led to mass emigration to the coast, the Scottish Lowlands and abroad....
.

Hopeman beaches

Hopeman has two beaches. The West Beach is the smaller of the two. It is topped by dunes. The East Beach is larger and is surrounded by large, grassy sand dunes. Both beaches are sandy, but have some rocky beach areas.

Hopeman Harbour

Hopeman Harbour is in the middle of East Beach and West Beach. It is small and now mainly houses pleasure vessels. In the past it was operational for landing fish caught by fisherman from the village.

Hopeman Primary School

Hopeman Primary School is located in the centre of the village and educates around 250 students. The catchment area is Hopeman and surrounding villages of Duffus
Duffus

Duffus is a village in Moray, Scotland, centred on a Mercat Cross. The Duffus Village Inn, along with the local shop, Post Office and Duffus Village Hall provide a focal point for the community....
 and Cummingston
Cummingston

Cummingston is located on the North East coast of Scotland in Moray. It lies on the B9012, sandwiched between the two fishing villages of Hopeman and Burghead....
. The head teacher
Head teacher

A head teacher, headteacher, head master or head mistress is the most senior teacher and leader of a school in the United Kingdom and elsewhere....
 is Davina Farquar, assigned the job in June 2006.

There are nine classes in the school. It splits into three houses in the summer months for an inter-house competition; the houses are Duff, Cameron and Gordon.

Fiona Bruce

BBC broadcaster Fiona Bruce
Fiona Bruce

Fiona Elizabeth Bruce is a Scottish people journalist, Newsreader and television presenter. Since joining the BBC in 1989, she has gone on to present many flagship programmes for the corporation including the BBC News at Ten, Crimewatch, Call My Bluff and, most recently, Antiques Roadshow and Andrew Marr Sunday Show....
 traced her family back to the Bruces of Hopeman during an episode of Who Do You Think You Are?
Who Do You Think You Are?

Who Do You Think You Are? is a United Kingdom genealogy Documentary film Television program that has aired on the BBC since 2004. Made by Wall to Wall, in each episode, a celebrity goes on a journey to trace his or her family tree....
 in February 2009.

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