Cooncil areas o Scotland
Appearance
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.
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
[eedit | eedit soorce]No. | 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 | eedit soorce]- ↑ 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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