Cooncil areas o Scotland
A cooncil area in Scotland is an area made fur local govrenment. Thare is a o 32 cooncil areas in Scotland as a hale. Thay are aw govrened bi unitary authorities cawed "cooncils". The cooncil areas war creutit on 1 April 1996, unner the provisions o the Local Govrenment etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Act caws thaim local authority areas but maist fowk caw thaim cooncil areas.
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The cooncil areas hiv the option tae be kent as a comhairle whan choosin tae hiv a Gaelic name. Hounaiver, juist Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Cooncil o the Wastern Isles) haes chysen this option, while the Heichland Cooncil (Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd) uises baith an Inglis an a Gaelic name.[1]
Leet o cooncil areas
eeditNo. | Scots name | Inglis name | Gaelic name | Area (sq mi) |
Area (km²) |
Population[2] (2019, estematit) |
Density per km² |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Inverclyde | Inverclyde | Inbhir Chluaidh | 64 | 167 | 77,800 | 487 |
2 | Renfrewshire | Renfrewshire | Siorrachd Rinn Friù | 102 | 263 | 179,100 | 29 |
3 | Wast Dunbartonshire | West Dunbartonshire | Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear | 68 | 176 | 88,930 | 43 |
4 | East Dunbartonshire | East Dunbartonshire | Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar | 68 | 176 | 108,640 | 621 |
5 | Ceety o Glesga | City of Glasgow | Baile Ghlaschu | 68 | 175 | 633,120 | 3586 |
6 | East Renfrewshire | East Renfrewshire | Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear | 65 | 168 | 95,530 | 546 |
7 | North Lanrickshire | North Lanarkshire | Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath | 184 | 476 | 340,180 | 153 |
8 | Fawkirk | Falkirk | An Eaglais Bhreac | 113 | 293 | 160,340 | 539 |
9 | Wast Lowden | West Lothian | Lodainn an Iar | 165 | 427 | 182,140 | 561 |
10 | Ceety o Edinburgh | City of Edinburgh | Baile Dhùn Èideann | 100 | 260 | 524,930 | 1969 |
11 | Midlowden | Midlothian | Lodainn Mheadhanaich | 135 | 350 | 92,460 | 258 |
12 | East Lowden | East Lothian | Lodainn an Ear | 257 | 666 | 107,090 | 156 |
13 | Clackmannanshire | Clackmannanshire | Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann | 61 | 158 | 51,540 | 323 |
14 | Fife | Fife | Fìobha | 517 | 1340 | 373,550 | 281 |
15 | Ceety o Dundee | City of Dundee | Baile Dhùn Dè | 21 | 55 | 149,320 | 2486 |
16 | Angus | Angus | Aonghas | 843 | 2184 | 115,820 | 53 |
17 | Aiberdeenshire | Aberdeenshire | Siorrachd Obar Dheathain | 2439 | 6317 | 261,210 | 41 |
18 | Ceety o Aiberdeen | City of Aberdeen | Baile Obar Dheathain | 70 | 182 | 227,560 | 1225 |
19 | Moray | Moray | Moireibh | 864 | 2237 | 95,820 | 43 |
20 | Hieland | Highland | A' Ghàidhealtachd | 10,085 | 26,119 | 235,540 | 9 |
21 | Wastren Isles | Western Isles | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 1185 | 3070 | 26,720 | 426 |
22 | Argyll an Bute | Argyll and Bute | Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd | 2712 | 7023 | 85,870 | 12 |
23 | Perth an Kinross | Perth and Kinross | Peairt agus Ceann Rois | 2083 | 5395 | 151,950 | 22 |
24 | Stirlin | Stirling | Sruighlea | 866 | 2243 | 94,210 | 180 |
25 | North Ayrshire | North Ayrshire | Siorrachd Àir a Tuath | 343 | 888 | 134,740 | 9 |
26 | East Ayrshire | East Ayrshire | Siorrachd Àir an Ear | 492 | 1275 | 122,010 | 97 |
27 | Sooth Ayrshire | South Ayrshire | Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas | 475 | 1230 | 112,610 | 16 |
28 | Dumfries an Gallowa | Dumfries and Galloway | Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh | 2489 | 6446 | 148,860 | 23 |
29 | Sooth Lanrickshire | South Lanarkshire | Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas | 686 | 1778 | 319,020 | 92 |
30 | The Mairches | Scottish Borders | Crìochan na h-Alba | 1825 | 4727 | 115,510 | 680 |
31 | Orkney | Orkney Islands | Arcaibh | 396 | 1025 | 22,270 | 724 |
32 | Shetland | Shetland Islands | Sealtainn | 568 | 1471 | 23,210 | 24 |
References
eedit- ↑ 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1B Table 2: Census day usually resident population by council area, 2001 and 2011 , Accessed 22 March 2013
- ↑ "Population Estimates for UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, Mid-2019". Office for National Statistics. 6 Mey 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
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