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This is a list of counties of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 and abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The list includes the county town, area, and population density.
The Shires of Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachdan na h-Alba; Scots: Scots coonties), [a] or Counties of Scotland, were historic subdivisions of Scotland.. The shires were originally established in the Middle Ages for judicial purposes, being territories over which a sheriff had jurisdiction.
The current land registration system in Scotland divides Scotland into 33 Registration Counties, [6] each coming into effect on various dates between 1981 and 2003. These areas in most cases resemble those of the pre-1975 administrative counties with Glasgow being the only current city to form a registration county.
County local government functions are now defunct having been transferred to the council areas of Scotland. County functions remain for Lord-Lieutenancies and as land registration counties . Subcategories
This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by area as at the 1951 census. Rank County Area [1] 1 Inverness-shire: 2,695,094 acres (10,907 km 2) 2 Argyllshire:
List of counties of Scotland by population in 1971; H. List of Scottish counties by highest point This page was last edited on 30 May 2020, at 10:37 (UTC). Text is ...
This is a list of the counties of the United Kingdom. The history of local government in the United Kingdom differs between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and the subnational divisions within these which have been called counties have varied over time and by purpose.
This is a list of the 33 counties of Scotland by their highest point. Rank County Height Name National Grid reference 1: Inverness-shire: 1,345 m (4,413 ft) Ben Nevis