The present boundaries have applied since 1995 under the provisions of the Local Government Act (Scotland, etc). 1994. Before then there existed administrative counties of Scotland. Local government (introduced 1889) has never used the traditional counties of Scotland.
MAINLAND | Area (hectares) |
Population (1993) |
Density (per hectare) |
---|---|---|---|
City of Aberdeen | 18,216 | 218,220 | 11.98 |
Aberdeenshire | 631,736 | 223,630 | 0.35 |
Angus | 218,396 | 111,020 | 0.51 |
Argyll and Bute | 702,300 | 139,020 | 0.20 |
Clackmannanshire | 15,809 | 48,660 | 3.08 |
Dumfries and Galloway | 644,567 | 147,900 | 0.23 |
City of Dundee | 5,500 | 153,710 | 27.95 |
East Ayrshire | 127,527 | 123,820 | 0.97 |
East Dunbartonshire | 17,551 | 110,220 | 6.28 |
East Lothian | 66,558 | 146,730 | 2.20 |
East Renfrewshire | 16,802 | 86,780 | 5.16 |
City of Edinburgh | 26,001 | 441,620 | 16.98 |
Falkirk | 29,300 | 142,610 | 4.87 |
Fife | 134,045 | 351,200 | 2.62 |
City of Glasgow | 17,472 | 623,850 | 35.71 |
Highland | 2,611,906 | 206,900 | 0.08 |
Inverclyde | 16,724 | 89,990 | 5.38 |
Midlothian | 34,966 | 79,910 | 2.29 |
Moray | 223,694 | 86,250 | 0.39 |
North Ayrshire | 88,755 | 90,550 | 1.02 |
North Lanarkshire | 47,648 | 326,750 | 6.86 |
Perth and Kinross | 539,479 | 130,470 | 0.24 |
Renfrewshire | 26,250 | 176,970 | 6.74 |
Scottish Borders | 472,749 | 105,300 | 0.22 |
South Ayrshire | 123,021 | 113,960 | 0.93 |
South Lanarkshire | 177,789 | 307,100 | 1.73 |
Stirling | 224,320 | 81,630 | 0.36 |
West Dunbartonshire | 17,573 | 97,790 | 5.56 |
West Lothian | 42,664 | 146,730 | 3.44 |
TOTAL MAINLAND | 7,319,318 | 5,048,200 | 0.69 |
ISLANDS | |||
Orkneys | 102,498 | 19,760 | 0.19 |
Shetland | 147,097 | 22,830 | 0.16 |
Western Islands | 307,005 | 29,410 | 0.10 |
TOTAL ISLANDS | 556,600 | 72,000 | 0.13 |
TOTAL SCOTLAND | 7,875,918 | 5,120,200 | 0.65 |
With the setting up of county councils in 1889, the regions they covered in Scotland resembled the historic counties of Scotland, but not exactly. For example, Ross and Cromarty covered the area of Ross-shire and Cromartyshire (As Cromartyshire consists of a series of enclaves, this made sense.) Several names differed.
After the 1974 local government reforms, new regions (pointedly not called counties, unlike their cousins in England and Wales) appeared as follows:
History
See also: Administrative counties of England, Administrative counties of Wales