Moniaive

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Moniaive Scottish Gaelic: Am Moine Naomh Scots: Minnyhive
The Clock Tower, Moniaive
Moniaive Location within Dumfries and Galloway
Population	520
OS grid reference	NX778909
Council area	Dumfries and Galloway
Lieutenancy area	Dumfries
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	THORNHILL
Postcode district	DG3
Dialling code	01848
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Dumfries and Galloway
Scottish Parliament	Dumfriesshire
List of places UK Scotland 55°11′49″N 3°55′16″W / 55.197°N 3.921°W / 55.197; -3.921

Moniaive (/mɒniˈaɪv/ 'monny-IVE'; Scottish Gaelic: Am Moine Naomh, "The Holy Moor") is a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, southwest Scotland. It stands on the Cairn and Dalwhat Waters, 16 miles (26 km) north-west of the town of Dumfries.^[1] Moniaive has been named best overall small village in the Nithsdale in Bloom competition five times in a row, from 2006 to 2011.^[2] The village streetscape was featured in the 2002 Peter Mullan film The Magdalene Sisters. In 2004, The Times described the village as one of the 'coolest' in Britain.