Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Major Cities of Scotland): Council Areas, Major Cities & Towns

The council areas of Scotland as well all cities and towns (census-defined urban areas called "localities") of more than 20,000 inhabitants.

Council Areas
Principal Cities
Cities & Towns

Council Areas

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	Capital	A (km²)	C 1991-04-05	C 2001-04-29	C 2011-03-27
i	Aberdeen City	ABC	CcA	SCO	Aberdeen	186	204,885	212,125	223,000
i	Aberdeenshire	ABS	CcA	SCO	Aberdeen	6,313	215,387	226,871	253,000
i	Angus	AGS	CcA	SCO	Forfar	2,182	107,866	108,400	116,000
i	Argyll & Bute	ARG	CcA	SCO	Lochgilphead	6,909	92,025	91,306	88,000
i	City of Edinburgh	CEB	CcA	SCO	Edinburgh	264	418,748	448,624	477,000
i	Clackmannanshire	CMS	CcA	SCO	Alloa	159	47,679	48,077	51,000
i	Dumfries & Galloway	DUM	CcA	SCO	Dumfries	6,426	147,805	147,765	151,000
i	Dundee City	DDC	CcA	SCO	Dundee	60	149,751	145,663	147,000
i	East Ayrshire	EAY	CcA	SCO	Kilmarnock	1,262	122,455	120,235	123,000
i	East Dunbartonshire	EDB	CcA	SCO	Kirkintilloch	175	109,400	108,243	105,000
i	East Lothian	ELT	CcA	SCO	Haddington	679	84,114	90,088	100,000
i	East Renfrewshire	ERF	CcA	SCO	Giffnock	174	85,344	89,311	91,000
i	Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	EIS	CcA	SCO	Steòrnabhagh	3,071	29,600	26,502	28,000
i	Falkirk	FAL	CcA	SCO	Falkirk	297	141,145	145,191	156,000
i	Fife	FIF	CcA	SCO	Glenrothes	1,325	341,199	349,429	365,000
i	Glasgow City	GLC	CcA	SCO	Glasgow	175	606,651	577,869	593,000
i	Highland	HIG	CcA	SCO	Inverness	25,659	204,004	208,914	232,000
i	Inverclyde	INV	CcA	SCO	Greenock	160	90,103	84,203	81,000
i	Midlothian	MLT	CcA	SCO	Dalkeith	354	79,011	80,941	83,000
i	Moray	MOR	CcA	SCO	Elgin	2,238	83,616	86,940	93,000
i	North Ayrshire	NAY	CcA	SCO	Irvine	885	136,875	135,817	138,000
i	North Lanarkshire	NLN	CcA	SCO	Motherwell	470	323,826	321,067	338,000
i	Orkney Islands	ORK	CcA	SCO	Kirkwall	990	19,612	19,245	21,000
i	Perth & Kinross	PER	CcA	SCO	Perth	5,286	126,231	134,949	147,000
i	Renfrewshire	REN	CcA	SCO	Paisley	261	173,212	172,867	175,000
i	Scottish Borders	SBO	CcA	SCO	Newtown St Boswells	4,732	103,881	106,764	114,000
i	Shetland Islands	SHE	CcA	SCO	Lerwick	1,466	22,522	21,988	23,000
i	South Ayrshire	SAY	CcA	SCO	Ayr	1,222	112,658	112,097	113,000
i	South Lanarkshire	SLN	CcA	SCO	Hamilton	1,772	300,152	302,216	314,000
i	Stirling	STI	CcA	SCO	Stirling	2,187	78,833	86,212	90,000
i	West Dunbartonshire	WDB	CcA	SCO	Dumbarton	159	96,005	93,378	91,000
i	West Lothian	WLT	CcA	SCO	Livingston	427	143,972	158,714	175,000
i	Scotland	SCO			Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,295,000
	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GBR			London	242,910	56,466,680	58,789,194	61,371,000

General Register Office for Scotland (web).

Principal Cities

	Name	Adm.	CU E 2010-06-30
1	Glasgow	GLC	648,300
2	Edinburgh	CEB	468,720
3	Aberdeen	ABC	189,120
4	Dundee	DDC	144,170
5	Paisley	REN	74,570
6	East Kilbride	SLN	73,590
7	Livingston	WLT	55,070
8	Hamilton	SLN	51,640
9	Cumbernauld	NLN	50,470
10	Kirkcaldy	FIF	49,560
11	Dunfermline	FIF	48,240

Cities & Towns

	Name	Adm.	CU C 1991-04-05	CU C 2001-04-29	CU E 2010-06-30
i	Aberdeen	ABC	182,133	184,788	189,120
i	Airdrie	NLN	36,842	36,326	35,950
i	Alloa	CMS	19,078	18,989	20,110
i	Arbroath	AGS	23,680	22,782	21,810
i	Ayr	SAY	47,962	46,431	46,060
i	Bearsden	EDB	27,707	27,967	27,470
i	Bellshill	NLN	21,624	20,705	19,930
i	Bishopbriggs	EDB	23,825	23,118	22,860
i	Buckhaven	FIF	16,918	16,391	24,850
i	Clydebank	WDB	29,171	29,858	28,780
i	Coatbridge	NLN	43,617	41,170	41,610
i	Cumbernauld	NLN	49,507	49,664	50,470
i	Dalkeith	MLT	11,477	11,566	11,860
i	Dumbarton	WDB	21,797	20,527	19,830
i	Dumfries	DUM	31,936	31,146	31,630
i	Dundee	DDC	157,808	154,674	144,170
i	Dunfermline	FIF	39,068	39,229	48,240
i	East Kilbride	SLN	70,579	73,796	73,590
i	Edinburgh	CEB	400,632	430,082	468,720
i	Elgin	MOR	19,338	20,829	21,390
i	Falkirk	FAL	31,399	32,379	35,170
i	Forfar	AGS	12,832	13,206	13,460
i	Giffnock	ERF	16,190	16,178	12,210
i	Glasgow	GLC	658,379	629,501	648,300
i	Glenrothes	FIF	38,320	38,679	38,940
i	Greenock	INV	49,267	45,467	43,450
i	Haddington	ELT	8,844	8,851	8,810
i	Hamilton	SLN	49,988	48,546	51,640
i	Inverness	HIG	40,918	40,949	45,050
i	Irvine	NAY	33,406	33,090	32,490
i	Kilmarnock	EAY	44,207	43,588	44,830
i	Kirkcaldy	FIF	47,274	46,912	49,560
i	Kirkintilloch	EDB	20,624	20,281	19,020
i	Kirkwall	ORK	6,095	6,206	6,540
i	Lerwick	SHE	7,336	6,860	6,540
i	Livingston	WLT	42,178	50,826	55,070
i	Motherwell	NLN	30,769	30,311	31,390
i	Musselburgh	ELT	20,261	22,112	22,640
i	Newton Mearns	ERF	19,342	22,637	23,820
i	Newtown St Boswells	SBO	1,108	1,199	1,300
i	Paisley	REN	73,925	74,170	74,570
i	Perth	PER	41,724	43,450	45,770
i	Renfrew	REN	20,764	20,251	20,810
i	Steòrnabhagh (Stornoway) {Steornabhagh}	EIS	5,975	5,602	5,660
i	Stirling	STI	29,768	32,673	34,790
i	Wishaw	NLN	29,574	28,565	28,890

General Register Office for Scotland (web).
Glasgow incl. Rutherglen & Cambuslang; Dundee incl. Monifieth & Invergowrie.

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: Major Cities of Scotland

Contents

Council Areas

Principal Cities

Cities & Towns