East Ayrshire
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| East Ayrshire | |
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| Location | |
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| Geography | |
| Area | Ranked 14th |
| -Total | 1,262 km² |
| -% Water | ? |
| Admin HQ | Kilmarnock |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-EAY |
| ONS code | 00QK |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Ranked 16th |
| -Total (2005) | 119,400 |
| -Density | 95 / km² |
| Politics | |
| East Ayrshire Council http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/ |
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| Control | Labour |
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East Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it forms the traditional county of Ayrshire.
The area was formed in 1996, from the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley districts.
[edit] Towns and villages
- Afton Bridgend Auchinleck
- Catrine Craigmalloch Cumnock
- Dalmellington Dalrymple Darvel Drongan
- Galston Glenbuck Greenholm
- Hurlford
- Kilmarnock Kilmaurs
- Mauchline Muirkirk
- Netherthird New Cumnock Newmilns
- Ochiltree
- Patna Polnessan
- Riccarton
- Stair Stewarton Sorn
- Trabboch
[edit] Places of interest
- Loch Doon
- Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
- Sorn Castle
- Stair House
Subdivisions created by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
Aberdeen • Aberdeenshire • Angus • Argyll and Bute • Clackmannanshire • Dumfries and Galloway • Dundee • East Ayrshire • East Dunbartonshire • East Lothian • East Renfrewshire • na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) • Edinburgh • Falkirk • Fife • Glasgow • Highland • Inverclyde • Midlothian • Moray • North Ayrshire • North Lanarkshire • Orkney • Perth and Kinross • Renfrewshire • Scottish Borders • Shetland • South Ayrshire • South Lanarkshire • Stirling • West Dunbartonshire • West Lothian
