East Lothian

This article covers the East Lothian Council Area. For the constituencies of the Scottish and British Parliament, see East Lothian (constituency, Scotland) and East Lothian (constituency, United Kingdom) .

East Lothian Lodainn an Ear
Administrative headquarters	Haddington
surface	679 km² (18.)
Population (2012)	100,850 (21.)
ISO 3166-2	GB-ELN
ONS code	00QM
Website	www.eastlothian.gov.uk
East Lothian (traditional)

East Lothian [ ˌiːstˈləʊðjən ] ( Gaelic Lodainn an Ear ) is one of 32  Council Areas in Scotland . It borders Edinburgh , Midlothian and Scottish Borders . The administrative center is in Haddington , but the largest city is Musselburgh .

East Lothian is also a traditional county known as Haddingtonshire until 1921 ; as such, it is bordered by Midlothian to the west and Berwickshire to the south.

places

Aberlady Athelstaneford Auldhame Ballencrieff Bolton Broxburn Cockenzie and Port Seton Dirleton Dunbar Drem East Fortune

East Saltoun East Linton Elphinstone Gifford Gullane Haddington Huntington's Humbie Kingston Longniddry

Macmerry Musselburgh North Berwick Ormiston Pencaitland Prestonpans Tranquil Wallyford West Barns Whitecraig

Attractions

• Aberlady Bay
• Bass rock
• Chesters Hill Fort
• Dirleton Castle
• Gullane Bents
• Hopetoun Monument
• Torness nuclear power plant
• Lennoxlove House
• Longniddry Bents
• National Museum of Flight
• Preston Mill
• Scottish Seabird Center
• Tantallon Castle
• Traprain Law
• see also List of Category A structures in East Lothian

Personalities

The painter Arthur Melville was born in 1858 in a village in what was then Haddingtonshire. According to legend, Alexander "Sawney" Bean also comes from the area . The peerage of the county was carried by the Earls of Haddington, compare George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mid-2012 Population ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB)

Web links

Commons : East Lothian  - collection of images, videos and audio files