Cooncil areas o Scotland

A cooncil area in Scotland is an area made fur local govrenment. Thare is a o 32 cooncil areas in Scotland as a hale. Thay are aw govrened bi unitary authorities cawed "cooncils". The cooncil areas war creutit on 1 April 1996, unner the provisions o the Local Govrenment etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The Act caws thaim local authority areas but maist fowk caw thaim cooncil areas.

The cooncil areas hiv the option tae be kent as a  whan choosin tae hiv a Gaelic name. Hounaiver, juist Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar (Cooncil o the Wastern Isles) haes chysen this option, while the Heichland Cooncil (Comhairle na Gaidhealtachd) uises baith an Inglis an a Gaelic name.2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1B Table 2: Census day usually resident population by council area, 2001 and 2011 , Accessed 22 March 2013

 Leet o cooncil areas 
 No. Scots name Inglis name Gaelic name Area(sq mi) Area(km²) Population(2019, estematit) Densityper km² 1  Inverclyde  Inverclyde  Inbhir Chluaidh  64  167    487 2  Renfrewshire  Renfrewshire  Siorrachd Rinn Friù  102  263    29 3  Wast Dunbartonshire  West Dunbartonshire  Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear  68  176    43 4  East Dunbartonshire  East Dunbartonshire  Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar  68  176    621 5  Ceety o Glesga  City of Glasgow  Baile Ghlaschu  68  175    3586 6  East Renfrewshire  East Renfrewshire  Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear  65  168    546 7  North Lanrickshire  North Lanarkshire  Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath  184  476    153 8  Fawkirk  Falkirk  An Eaglais Bhreac  113  293    539 9  Wast Lowden  West Lothian  Lodainn an Iar  165  427    561 10  Ceety o Edinburgh  City of Edinburgh  Baile Dhùn Èideann  100  260    1969 11  Midlowden  Midlothian  Lodainn Mheadhanaich  135  350    258 12  East Lowden  East Lothian  Lodainn an Ear  257  666    156 13  Clackmannanshire  Clackmannanshire  Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann  61  158    323 14  Fife  Fife  Fìobha  517  1340    281 15  Ceety o Dundee  City of Dundee  Baile Dhùn Dè  21  55    2486 16  Angus  Angus  Aonghas  843  2184    53 17  Aiberdeenshire  Aberdeenshire  Siorrachd Obar Dheathain  2439  6317    41 18  Ceety o Aiberdeen  City of Aberdeen  Baile Obar Dheathain  70  182    1225 19  Moray  Moray  Moireibh  864  2237    43 20  Hieland  Highland  A' Ghàidhealtachd  10,085  26,119    9 21  Wastren Isles  Western Isles  Na h-Eileanan Siar  1185  3070    426 22  Argyll an Bute  Argyll and Bute  Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd  2712  7023    12 23  Perth an Kinross  Perth and Kinross  Peairt agus Ceann Rois  2083  5395    22 24  Stirlin  Stirling  Sruighlea  866  2243    180 25  North Ayrshire  North Ayrshire  Siorrachd Àir a Tuath  343  888    9 26  East Ayrshire  East Ayrshire  Siorrachd Àir an Ear  492  1275    97 27  Sooth Ayrshire  South Ayrshire  Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas  475  1230    16 28  Dumfries an Gallowa  Dumfries and Galloway  Dùn Phrìs is Gall-Ghaidhealaibh  2489  6446    23 29  Sooth Lanrickshire  South Lanarkshire  Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas  686  1778    92 30  The Mairches  Scottish Borders  Crìochan na h-Alba  1825  4727    680 31  Orkney  Orkney Islands  Arcaibh  396  1025    724 32  Shetland  Shetland Islands  Sealtainn  568  1471    24

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