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Melrose (Scottish Gaelic: Maolros, "bald moor") [2] is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. [3] It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council .
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The county has a population of 48,639 (in 2011), [6] which is 43% of the population of the Scottish Borders area. [7] Today, the main towns in the county are (population in 2011): Jedburgh — 4,030; Hawick — 14,294; Kelso — 5,639; Melrose — 2,307; Hawick is now by far the largest town, with 29% of the county's population.
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The areas protected by the national scenic area (NSA) designation are considered to represent the type of scenic beauty "popularly associated with Scotland and for which it is renowned". [9] The Eildon and Leaderfoot NSA covers 3877 ha, and extends to include the town of Melrose, Scott's View and Leaderfoot Viaduct. [10]
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partly ruined monastery of the Cistercian order in Melrose, Roxburghshire, in the Scottish Borders. It was founded in 1136 by Cistercian monks at the request of King David I of Scotland and was the chief house of that order in the country until the Reformation .