Subdivisions of Scotland

The 32 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. Subdivisions of Scotland - History of the subdivisions of Scotland. Before 1996 the administrative division of Scotland was the region, with a further subdivision of the district; that scheme was introduced on May 16, 1975. Before then there existed counties, city c ...

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• Subdivisions of Scotland - History of the subdivisions of Scotland
• Subdivisions of Scotland - Map
• Subdivisions of Scotland - Statistics
• Subdivisions of Scotland - Other subdivisions
• Subdivisions of Scotland - Police & fire
• Subdivisions of Scotland - Electoral & valuation
• Subdivisions of Scotland - Health
• Subdivisions of Scotland - Sherriffdoms

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Before 1996 the local government divisions of Scotland were regions and districts (each region consisting of a number of districts) and unitary island council areas; that scheme was introduced on May 16, 1975. Before then there existed counties, city corporations, large burghs and small burghs, these being introduced since 1889. Before 1889 administration was on a burgh and parish basis. Traditionally burghs have been the key unit of the local government of Scotland, being highly autonomous entities, with rights to r ...

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Subdivisions of Scotland, Subdivisions of Scotland - History of the subdivisions of Scotland, Subdivisions of Scotland - Map, Subdivisions of Scotland - Statistics, Subdivisions of Scotland - Other subdivisions, Subdivisions of Scotland - Police and fire services, Subdivisions of Scotland - Electoral and valuation, Subdivisions of Scotland - Health, Subdivisions of Scotland - Sherriffdoms, Subdivisions of Scotland - Communities

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Before 1996 the local government divisions of Scotland were regions and districts (each region consisting of a number of districts) and unitary island council areas; that scheme was introduced on May 16, 1975. Before then there existed counties, city corporations, large burghs and small burghs, these being introduced since 1889. Before 1889 administration was on a burgh and parish basis. Traditionally burghs have been the key unit of the local government of Scotland, being highly autonomous entities, with rights to r ...

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Subdivisions of Scotland, Subdivisions of Scotland - History of the subdivisions of Scotland, Subdivisions of Scotland - Map, Subdivisions of Scotland - Statistics, Subdivisions of Scotland - Other subdivisions, Subdivisions of Scotland - Police and fire services, Subdivisions of Scotland - Electoral and valuation, Subdivisions of Scotland - Health, Subdivisions of Scotland - Sherriffdoms

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Before 1996 the administrative division of Scotland was the region, with a further subdivision of the district; that scheme was introduced on May 16, 1975. Before then there existed counties, city corporations, large burghs and small burghs, these being introduced since 1889. Before 1889 administration was on a burgh and parish basis. Traditionally burghs have been the key unit of the local government of Scotland, being highly autonomous entities, with rights to representation in the old Parliament of Scotland. ...

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Subdivisions of Scotland, Subdivisions of Scotland - History of the subdivisions of Scotland, Subdivisions of Scotland - Map, Subdivisions of Scotland - Statistics, Subdivisions of Scotland - Other subdivisions, Subdivisions of Scotland - Police & fire, Subdivisions of Scotland - Electoral & valuation, Subdivisions of Scotland - Health, Subdivisions of Scotland - Sherriffdoms

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Berwickshire (Siorrachd Bhearaig in Gaelic) is a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council and a Lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. Berwickshire was formerly a county, but was abolished in 1975. From 1975 until 1996 Berwickshire was a District Council within the former Borders Regional Council. Its traditional county town, after which it is named, had been Berwick-upon-Tweed but that is now considered to be part of the English county of Northumberland. The county was sometimes unofficially called Dunsshire because of this anomaly. Places in Berwickshire inclu ...

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Scotland was, until 1975, divided into counties for the purposes of local government and other government functions such as the lieutenancy. The counties originated prior to the Union with England, and continued as both administrative and ceremonial units until their abolition in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, when they were replaced with regions and districts and the areas for Lieutenancy. The counties remained in use in adapted form as postal counties until 1996; now their main use is traditional. Some of t ...

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• Counties of Scotland - Original counties
• Counties of Scotland - Counties from 1890-1975

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Scotland was subdivided into regions as follows: Strathclyde Dumfries and Galloway Borders Lothian Central Fife Tayside Grampian Highland Western Isles Not shown: Shetland Orkney (In fact the Western Isles are shown, as if perhaps part of Highland, which they were not.) ...

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Regions and districts of Scotland, Regions and districts of Scotland - Regions, Regions and districts of Scotland - Districts, Regions and districts of Scotland - Alphabetical list of districts

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Caithness extends about 40 miles (64 kilometres) north-south and about 30 miles (50 km) east-west. The general aspect of Caithness, which measures in area about 712 square miles (1844 km²), is flat; and this peculiarity is rendered still more striking by the almost total absence of forest. Most of Caithness is old red sandstone to an estimated depth of over 4,000 metres. This consists of the cemented sediments of Lake Orcadie, which is believed to have stretched from Shetland to Grampian during the Devonian period, about 370 million ...

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Caithness, Caithness - Geography, Caithness - History, Caithness - Natural heritage, Caithness - District, Caithness - Area committee, Caithness - Constituency, Caithness - Footnotes

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The original counties were as follows: Caithness Sutherland Ross-shire Cromartyshire Inverness-shire Nairnshire Morayshire Banffshire Aberdeenshire Kincardineshire Angus Perthshire Argyll Bute Ayrshire Renfrewshire Dunbartonshire Stirlingshire Clackmannanshire Kinross-shire Fife West Lothian Mid Lothian ...

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Counties of Scotland, Counties of Scotland - Original counties, Counties of Scotland - Counties from 1890-1975

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1. In common with the rest of the UK. 2. No official anthem. God Save the Queen is traditionally the UK national anthem. See national symbols below. Scotland (Alba in Gaelic) is a nation in northwest Europe and a constituent country of the United Kingdom. The country occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain and shares a land border to the south with England and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the ...

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The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 established county councils in Scotland. Unlike in England and Wales, where corresponding legislation created new entities called administrative counties, the Act amended the existing counties, including merging Ross-shire and Cromartyshire into Ross and Cromarty, and set up a boundary commission to make further changes as necessary. Generally speaking, exclaves were abolished, the only significant exclave left untouched being t ...

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Counties of Scotland, Counties of Scotland - Original counties, Counties of Scotland - Counties from 1890-1975

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The underlying geology, harsh climate and long history of human occupation have shaped this rich and distinctive natural heritage. Today we see a diverse landscape incorporating both common and rare habitats and species, and Caithness provides a stronghold for many once common breeding species that have undergone serious declines elsewhere, such as waders, water voles and flocks of over-wintering birds. Many rare mammals, birds and fish have been sighted or caught in and around Caithness waters. Harbour porpoises, dolphins (including ...

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Caithness, Caithness - Geography, Caithness - History, Caithness - Natural heritage, Caithness - District, Caithness - Area committee, Caithness - Constituency, Caithness - Footnotes

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The Caithness landscape is rich with the remains of pre-historic occupation. These include the Grey Cairns of Camster, the Stone Lud, the Hill O Many Stanes and a complex of relics around Loch Yarrows. And numerous coastal castles (now mostly ruins) are Norse in their foundations. When the Norsemen arrived, probably in the 10th century, the county was probably Pictish, but with its culture subject to some Gaelic influence from the Celtic Church. The name Pentland Firth c ...

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Caithness, Caithness - Geography, Caithness - History, Caithness - Natural heritage, Caithness - District, Caithness - Area committee, Caithness - Constituency, Caithness - Footnotes

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Caithness was a district of the Highland local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. When created the district included the whole of the county plus a Strathnaver area of the neighbouring county of Sutherland. The boundary was soon changed, however, to correspond with that between the counties. Caithness was one of eight districts in the Highland region. The region was also created in 1975, as one of nine two-tier local government regions of Scotland. Each region consisted of a number of districts and both regions and distr ...

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Caithness, Caithness - Geography, Caithness - History, Caithness - Natural heritage, Caithness - District, Caithness - Area committee, Caithness - Constituency, Caithness - Footnotes

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The Caithness constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain (1708 to 1801) and the Parliament of the United Kingdom (1801 to 1918) represented essentially the county from 1708 to 1918. At the same time however the county town of Wick was represented as a component of the Northern Burghs constituency. Between 1708 and 1832 the Caithness constituency was one of the Buteshire and Caithness alternating constituencies: one constituency elected a Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament and then the other elected an MP to the next. Between 1832 and 1918 it was a separate constit ...

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Caithness, Caithness - Geography, Caithness - History, Caithness - Natural heritage, Caithness - District, Caithness - Area committee, Caithness - Constituency, Caithness - Footnotes

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The Caithness committee area elects 10 members to the 80-member Highland Council. The majority of councillors do not belong to any party, and sit as independents. The area does not include the village of Reay, which is within the Sutherland area. Most of the parish of Reay, however, is within the Caithness area. ...

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Caithness, Caithness - Geography, Caithness - History, Caithness - Natural heritage, Caithness - District, Caithness - Area committee, Caithness - Constituency, Caithness - Footnotes

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The regions consisted of disticts as follows: Regions and districts of Scotland - Alphabetical list of districts. ...

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Regions and districts of Scotland, Regions and districts of Scotland - Regions, Regions and districts of Scotland - Districts, Regions and districts of Scotland - Alphabetical list of districts

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Until 1832 Scottish politics remained very much in the control of landowners in the country, and of small cliques of merchants in the burghs. However by 1885 around 50% of the male population had the vote, the secret ballot had become established, and the modern political era had started. From 1885 to 1918 the Liberal Party almost totally dominated Scottish politics. Only in the khaki election of 1900 did the Conservative Party -- known as the Unionists in Scotland -- win a majority of seats. In general the Unionists achieved their best results in the Glasgow ...

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Politics of Scotland, Politics of Scotland - The Scottish Parliament, Politics of Scotland - First Ministers, Politics of Scotland - Presiding Officers, Politics of Scotland - Scotland in the Parliament of the United Kingdom, Politics of Scotland - The House of Commons, Politics of Scotland - The House of Lords, Politics of Scotland - Scotland in Europe, Politics of Scotland - Local government, Politics of Scotland - Community Councils, Politics of Scotland - History, Politics of Scotland - Political Parties, Politics of Scotland - Further Reference

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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service - The Lord Advocate. Main article: Lord Advocate The Lord Advocate has responsibility for prosecuting the most serious crimes, in the High Court of Justiciary and the Court of Appeal. Unless the cases are of particular importance, such as the Lockerbie trial held at Camp Zeist in the Netherlands, the prosecutions are led by Advocates Depute who are known collectively as Crown Counsel and are exp ...

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