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The council is based at the Highland Council Headquarters on Glenurquhart Road, in Inverness. [15] The oldest part of the building was originally a school, which was completed in 1876. [16] The complex was bought by the old Inverness-shire County Council in the 1930s and was significantly extended in the 1960s. [17]
The council's website only sometimes refers to the area as being Highland, and other times as being the Highland Council Area or the Highlands. [3] [4] Road signs on the boundary of the council area say "Welcome to the Highlands" rather than "Welcome to Highland". Road sign on the A9 where it enters the Highland council area south of Kingussie
List of town and villages in the Highlands of Scotland. This covers a wider area than just the Highland council area. Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross; Aboyne, Aberdeenshire;
The council areas have been in existence since 1 April 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. Historically, Scotland was divided into 34 counties or shires . Although these no longer have any administrative function, they are still used to some extent in Scotland for cultural and geographical purposes, and ...
The Highland Council Headquarters, formerly County Buildings, is a municipal structure in Glenurquhart Road, Inverness, Highland, Scotland. The oldest part of the complex, which currently serves as the headquarters of The Highland Council , is a Category C listed building .
The most recent election of the council was on 5 May 2022, and resulted in a coalition administration formed by the SNP and the Independent group. [4] The Coalition had 39 councillors, and the opposition was divided between 15 Lib Dem, 10 Conservatives, 2 Labour and 4 Green councillors plus 4 independent members who were not part of the ruling group.
Central Highlands Council is a local government body in Tasmania, encompassing the Central Highlands region of the state. Central Highlands is classified as a rural local government area and has a population of 2,144, [ 2 ] the two largest towns are Bothwell and Hamilton .
This article is a list of any town, village, hamlet or settlement, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The area encompassed by the Highland council is smaller than that encompassed by the Scottish Highlands. For the Scottish Gaelic equivalents of the place names in this list, see the appropriate section at List of Scottish Gaelic place names