Angus

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Angus Aonghas
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 10th
- Total	2,182 km²
- % Water	?
Admin HQ	Forfar
ISO 3166-2	GB-ANS
ONS code	00QC
Demographics
Population	Ranked 19th
- Total (2005)	109,170
- Density	50 / km²
Politics
Angus Council http://www.angus.gov.uk/
Control	Scottish National Party
MPs	Stewart Hosie, SNP James McGovern, Labour Michael Weir, SNP
MSPs	Andrew Welsh, SNP John Swinney, SNP

Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the City of Dundee. Main industries include agriculture and fishing.

Angus was historically a county (known officially by its anglified title of Forfarshire until 1928) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside Region. In 1996 the region was abolished and Angus was established as a unitary authority. The former county had borders with Kincardineshire to the north-east, county of Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west. Southwards, it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency and Angus Holyrood constituency.

The area can be split into three geographic areas. To the north and west, the topography is mountainous. This is the area of the five Angus Glens. The area is sparsely populated and the main industry is hill-farming. In the south and east, the topography consists of rolling hills bordering the sea. The area is fairly well populated with the larger towns and the City of Dundee on the coast. In between these two areas lies Strathmore, the Great Valley, a fertile agricultural area, noted for potatoes, Angus cattle, and soft fruit.

Contents 1 Towns and villages 2 Places of interest 3 Council political composition 4 See Also 5 External links

[edit] Towns and villages

• Aberlemno
• Arbroath -- largest town
• Auchmithie
• Brechin
• Bridge of Craigisla
• Carmyllie
• Carnoustie
• Edzell
• Farnell
• Forfar -- county town and administrative centre
• Friockheim
• Glamis
• Guthrie
• Inverkeilor
• Kirriemuir
• Letham
• Newbigging
• Memus
• Menmuir
• Monifieth
• Monikie
• Montrose
• Murroes
• St Vigeans
• Tealing

County of Angus
Geography
Area - Total	Ranked 11th 568,750 acres (2302 km²)
County town	Forfar
Chapman code	ANS

[edit] Places of interest

• Aberlemno Sculptured Stones (Pictish symbols)
• Angus Folk Museum, Glamis
• Arbroath Abbey, place of signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
• Brechin Cathedral
• Brechin Castle
• Brechin Round Tower
• Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
• Carnlochan NNR - National Nature Reserve
• Eassie Stone
• Edzell Castle
• Glamis Castle
• House of Dun
• Loch of Kinnordy Nature Reserve
• Monboddo House
• Montrose Basin Nature Reserve

[edit] Council political composition

• Scottish National Party - 17
• Independent - 6
• Liberal Democrats - 3
• Conservative - 2
• Labour - 1

[edit] See Also

Earl of Angus

[edit] External links

• Angus Council