Subdivisions of Scotland
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The council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. They have been in use since April 1, 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Before then the administrative division was the region (pointedly not called counties, unlike their cousins in England and Wales), with a further subdivision of the district; this scheme was introduced on May 16, 1975. Before then there existed administrative counties of Scotland, these being introduced in 1889. Before 1889 administration was on a city, burgh and parish basis.
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Statistics
| MAINLAND | Area (km²) |
Population (2001) |
Density (per km²) |
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| City of Aberdeen | 182 | 212,125 | 1164 |
| Aberdeenshire | 6317 | 226,871 | 36 |
| Angus | 2184 | 108,400 | 50 |
| Argyll and Bute | 7023 | 91,306 | 13 |
| Clackmannanshire | 158 | 48,077 | 304 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 6446 | 147,765 | 23 |
| City of Dundee | 55 | 145,663 | 2648 |
| East Ayrshire | 1275 | 120,235 | 94 |
| East Dunbartonshire | 176 | 108,243 | 617 |
| East Lothian | 666 | 90,088 | 135 |
| East Renfrewshire | 168 | 89,311 | 532 |
| City of Edinburgh | 260 | 448,624 | 1725 |
| Falkirk | 293 | 145,191 | 496 |
| Fife | 1340 | 349,429 | 261 |
| City of Glasgow | 175 | 577,869 | 3307 |
| Highland | 26119 | 208,914 | 8 |
| Inverclyde | 167 | 84,203 | 503 |
| Midlothian | 350 | 80,941 | 231 |
| Moray | 2237 | 86,940 | 39 |
| North Ayrshire | 888 | 135,817 | 153 |
| North Lanarkshire | 476 | 321,067 | 674 |
| Perth and Kinross | 5395 | 134,949 | 25 |
| Renfrewshire | 263 | 172,867 | 659 |
| Scottish Borders | 4727 | 106,764 | 23 |
| South Ayrshire | 1230 | 112,097 | 93 |
| South Lanarkshire | 1778 | 302,216 | 170 |
| Stirling | 2243 | 86,212 | 38 |
| West Dunbartonshire | 176 | 93,378 | 531 |
| West Lothian | 427 | 158,714 | 372 |
| TOTAL MAINLAND | 73193 | 4,994,276 | 68 |
| ISLANDS | |||
| Orkney Islands | 1025 | 19,245 | 19 |
| Shetland Islands | 1471 | 21,988 | 15 |
| Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | 3070 | 26,502 | 9 |
| TOTAL ISLANDS | 5566 | 67,735 | 12 |
| TOTAL SCOTLAND | 78759 | 5,062,011 | 64 |
Joint boards
Scotland has several other administrative divisions, which are handled by joint boards of the councils.
Police & fire
- Central Scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Fife
- Grampian
- Lothian & Borders
- Northern (called Highland & Islands for fire services)
- Strathclyde
- Tayside
Electoral & valuation
- Ayrshire
- Borders
- Central Scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Dunbartonshire and Argyll & Bute
- Fife
- Grampian
- Glasgow
- Highland and Western Isles
- Lanarkshire
- Lothian
- Orkney and Shetland
- Renfrewshire
- Tayside
Health
- Argyll and Clyde
- Ayrshire and Arran
- Borders
- Forth Valley
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Fife
- Grampian
- Greater Glasgow
- Highland
- Lanarkshire
- Lothian
- Orkney
- Shetland
- Tayside
- Western Isles
See also
- Regions of Scotland
- Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
- Traditional counties of Scotland
- Administrative counties of Scotland
- Lieutenancy areas of Scotland
- Subdivisions of the United Kingdom
- Administrative counties of England
- Administrative counties of Wales
- List of places in Scotland
- NUTS:UKde:Verwaltungsgliederung Schottlands