Dumfries and Galloway
Dumfries and Galloway | |
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Administrative headquarters | Dumfries |
surface | 6,426 km² (3.) |
Population (2012) | 150,830 (12.) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-DGY |
ONS code | 00QH |
Website | www.dumgal.gov.uk |
Dumfries and Galloway [ dʌmˌfɹiːsənˈgæləweɪ ] ( Scottish Gaelic Dùn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh ) is one of 32 Council Areas in Scotland . In the north it borders on South Ayrshire , East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire , in the east on Scottish Borders and in the south on the English county of Cumbria . It is north of the Solway Firth and east of the Irish Sea .
description
Dumfries and Galloway includes three traditional counties ; in the east Dumfriesshire , in the center Kirkcudbrightshire and in the west Wigtownshire . The latter two are also known collectively as Galloway.
After Galloway were Galloway cattle named.
From 1975 to 1996 Dumfries and Galloway formed a Scottish region .
history
The Dumfries and Galloway region was formed in 1975 from the counties of Dumfriesshire , Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire . The region was divided into four districts :
In 1996 the regions and districts in Scotland were abolished and replaced by 32 council areas . The four districts of the Dumfries and Galloway region were dissolved and the Dumfries and Galloway Council Area was formed from across the region.
places
Attractions
- Barsalloch Fort
- Caerlaverock Castle
- Cairnderry , Clyde tomb
- Cairnholy , Clyde tomb
- Corsewall Lighthouse
- Drumtroddan , row of stones
- Galloway Forest Park
- Glenluce Abbey
- Kilmorie Stone , Cross Slab
- Southern Upland Way
- Sweetheart Abbey
- see also: List of Category A structures in Dumfries and Galloway
Stone circles
Personalities
- The Africa explorer Joseph Thomson (1858–1895) came from Penpont .
- The actress Ashley Jensen was born in Annan in 1969.
- Former Formula 1 racing driver David Coulthard was born in Twynholm in 1971 .
- Actor Sam Heughan was born in New Galloway in 1980.
politics
The Dumfries and Galloway Council has 43 seats, which are distributed among the parties as follows (as of May 2017):
Political party | Seats |
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Scottish Conservatives | 16 |
Scottish Labor | 11 |
Scottish National Party | 11 |
Independently | 4th |
Liberal Democrats | 1 |
In the referendum on whether Great Britain should remain in the European Union , in which Scotland voted with a clear majority of 62% to remain, almost 47% in Dumfries and Galloway voted for leaving the EU.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid-2012 Population ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ May-2017 Results of the 2017 local elections. Dumgal.gov.uk, accessed on July 8, 2017 (English).
- ^ Giancarlo Rinaldi: Brexit: Voters 'doomed' or delighted in Dumfries. BBC News, June 24, 2016, accessed December 14, 2019 .