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

Council Areas

	Name	Abbr.	Status	Adm.	Capital	A (km²)	C 1991-04-05	C 2001-04-29	E 2008-06-30
<	Aberdeen City	ABC	CcA	SCO	Aberdeen	186	204,885	212,125	210,400
<	Aberdeenshire	ABS	CcA	SCO	Aberdeen	6,313	215,387	226,871	241,460
<	Angus	ANG	CcA	SCO	Forfar	2,182	107,866	108,400	110,310
<	Argyll & Bute	ARG	CcA	SCO	Lochgilphead	6,909	92,025	91,306	90,500
<	City of Edinburgh	CEB	CcA	SCO	Edinburgh	264	418,748	448,624	471,650
<	Clackmannanshire	CMS	CcA	SCO	Alloa	159	47,679	48,077	50,480
<	Dumfries & Galloway	DUM	CcA	SCO	Dumfries	6,426	147,805	147,765	148,580
<	Dundee City	DDC	CcA	SCO	Dundee	60	149,751	145,663	142,470
<	East Ayrshire	EAY	CcA	SCO	Kilmarnock	1,262	122,455	120,235	119,920
<	East Dunbartonshire	EDB	CcA	SCO	Kirkintilloch	175	109,400	108,243	104,720
<	East Lothian	ELT	CcA	SCO	Haddington	679	84,114	90,088	96,100
<	East Renfrewshire	ERF	CcA	SCO	Giffnock	174	85,344	89,311	89,220
<	Eilean Siar (Western Isles)	EIS	CcA	SCO	Steòrnabhagh	3,071	29,600	26,502	26,200
<	Falkirk	FAL	CcA	SCO	Falkirk	297	141,145	145,191	151,570
<	Fife	FIF	CcA	SCO	Glenrothes	1,325	341,199	349,429	361,890
<	Glasgow City	GLC	CcA	SCO	Glasgow	175	606,651	577,869	584,240
<	Highland	HIG	CcA	SCO	Inverness	25,659	204,004	208,914	219,400
<	Inverclyde	INV	CcA	SCO	Greenock	160	90,103	84,203	80,780
<	Midlothian	MLT	CcA	SCO	Dalkeith	354	79,011	80,941	80,560
<	Moray	MOR	CcA	SCO	Elgin	2,238	83,616	86,940	87,770
<	North Ayrshire	NAY	CcA	SCO	Irvine	885	136,875	135,817	135,920
<	North Lanarkshire	NLN	CcA	SCO	Motherwell	470	323,826	321,067	325,520
<	Orkney Islands	ORK	CcA	SCO	Kirkwall	990	19,612	19,245	19,890
<	Perth & Kinross	PER	CcA	SCO	Perth	5,286	126,231	134,949	144,180
<	Renfrewshire	REN	CcA	SCO	Paisley	261	173,212	172,867	169,800
<	Scottish Borders	SBO	CcA	SCO	Newtown St Boswells	4,732	103,881	106,764	112,430
<	Shetland Islands	SHE	CcA	SCO	Lerwick	1,466	22,522	21,988	21,980
<	South Ayrshire	SAY	CcA	SCO	Ayr	1,222	112,658	112,097	111,670
<	South Lanarkshire	SLN	CcA	SCO	Hamilton	1,772	300,152	302,216	310,090
<	Stirling	STI	CcA	SCO	Stirling	2,187	78,833	86,212	88,350
<	West Dunbartonshire	WDB	CcA	SCO	Dumbarton	159	96,005	93,378	90,940
<	West Lothian	WLT	CcA	SCO	Livingston	427	143,972	158,714	169,510
<	Scotland	SCO			Edinburgh	77,925	4,998,567	5,062,011	5,168,500
	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	GBR			London	242,910	56,466,680	58,789,194	61,383,200

General Register Office for Scotland (web).

	Name	Adm.	CU E 2006-06-30
1	Glasgow	GLC	634,680
2	Edinburgh	CEB	446,110
3	Aberdeen	ABC	179,950
4	Dundee	DDC	151,820
5	East Kilbride	SLN	73,320
6	Paisley	REN	73,190
7	Livingston	WLT	54,430
8	Cumbernauld	NLN	50,670
9	Hamilton	SLN	48,850
10	Kirkcaldy	FIF	48,090
11	Ayr	SAY	46,050

Cities & Towns

	Name	Adm.	CU C 1991-04-21	CU C 2001-04-29	CU E 2006-06-30
<	Aberdeen	ABC	182,133	184,788	179,950
<	Airdrie	NLN	36,842	36,326	35,520
<	Alloa	CMS	19,078	18,989	19,330
<	Arbroath	ANG	23,680	22,782	22,140
<	Ayr	SAY	47,962	46,431	46,050
<	Bearsden	EDB	27,707	27,967	27,070
<	Bellshill	NLN	21,624	20,705	20,200
<	Bishopbriggs	EDB	23,825	23,118	23,370
<	Clydebank	WDB	29,171	29,858	29,200
<	Coatbridge	NLN	43,617	41,170	41,700
<	Cumbernauld	NLN	49,507	49,664	50,670
<	Dalkeith	MLT	11,477	11,566	11,200
<	Dumbarton	WDB	21,797	20,527	19,990
<	Dumfries	DUM	31,936	31,146	31,530
<	Dundee	DDC	157,808	154,674	151,820
<	Dunfermline	FIF	39,068	39,229	44,950
<	East Kilbride	SLN	70,579	73,796	73,320
<	Edinburgh	CEB	400,632	430,082	446,110
<	Elgin	MOR	19,338	20,829	20,330
<	Falkirk	FAL	31,399	32,379	33,700
<	Forfar	ANG	12,832	13,206	13,500
<	Giffnock	ERF	16,190	16,178	16,260
<	Glasgow	GLC	658,379	629,501	634,680
<	Glenrothes	FIF	38,320	38,679	38,800
<	Greenock	INV	49,267	45,467	43,820
<	Haddington	ELT	8,844	8,851	8,600
<	Hamilton	SLN	49,988	48,546	48,850
<	Inverness	HIG	40,918	40,949	42,400
<	Irvine	NAY	33,406	33,090	33,060
<	Kilmarnock	EAY	44,207	43,588	44,030
<	Kirkcaldy	FIF	47,274	46,912	48,090
<	Kirkintilloch	EDB	20,624	20,281	19,360
<	Kirkwall	ORK	6,095	6,206	6,460
<	Lerwick	SHE	7,336	6,860	6,560
<	Livingston	WLT	42,178	50,826	54,430
<	Motherwell	NLN	30,769	30,311	30,790
<	Musselburgh	ELT	20,261	22,112	21,840
<	Newton Mearns	ERF	19,342	22,637	23,460
<	Newtown St Boswells	SBO	1,108	1,199	1,230
<	Paisley	REN	73,925	74,170	73,190
<	Perth	PER	41,724	43,450	43,680
<	Polmont	FAL	17,866	19,563	20,720
<	Renfrew	REN	20,764	20,251	20,020
<	Steòrnabhagh (Stornoway) {Steornabhagh}	EIS	5,975	5,602	5,740
<	Stirling	STI	29,768	32,673	33,060
<	Wishaw	NLN	29,574	28,565	29,220

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

GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND: Scotland (Major Cities)

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