Kirkbean is a smaw veelage an ceevil pairish on the Solway Firth, in the historical coonty o Kirkcoubrieshire in Dumfries an Gallowa In the 2001 census, the fower smaw veelages makkin up the pairish o Kirkbean hid an awthegither population o 643 people. The pairish includes an aw the clachan o Loaninfit.