East Lothian
East Lothian Lodainn an Ear |
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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
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
- ↑ 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