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Johnstounbrig is a veelage in the historical coounty o Dumfriesshire in Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland.[1] It is abbot haufwey atween Moffat an Lockerbie, an lies on the A74(M) motorwey. The Annandale Water Services station on this motorwey is in Johnstounbrig; afore the biggin o the motorwey the war services on the auld A74 road there, ane tae serve ilk direction o the road. As with maist o Annandale, the aurie is devotit maist tae fermin.
It wis name't efter the kenspeckle local landawnin faimily, the Johnstones, that biggit a brig there ower the River Annan.[2]
The veelage o Newton Wamphray is nearby.
Johnstounbrig is in the UK pairlamentary constituency o Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweedale, an David Mundell is the praisent Scots Conservative Pairty Member o Pairlament.
It is a pairt o the Sooth Scotland electoral region in the Scots Pairlament, bein int the constituency o Dumfriesshire (Scots Pairlament constituency)Dumfrieshshire. Oliver Mundell o the Scots Conservative Pairty is the MSP.
Afore Brexit, for the European Pairlament its residenters votit tae elect MSPs for the Scotland constituency.
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