Moray

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Moray
Moireibh
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Administrative headquarters Elgin
surface 2,238 km² (8.)
Residents 92.910 (2012) (22.)
ISO 3166-2 GB-MRY
ONS code 00QX
Website www.moray.gov.uk

Moray ( Gaelic Moireibh , Latin : Moravia ) is one of the 32  Council Areas in Scotland . It is in the north-east of the country and borders Aberdeenshire and Highland . The county comprises parts of the traditional counties of Banffshire , Inverness-shire , Morayshire and Nairnshire . Elgin is the largest city and administrative center of the region .

places
Glenlivet near Ballindalloch (center: whiskey distillery The Glenlivet )

politics

The Moray Council has 26 seats, which are distributed among the parties as follows:

Political party Seats
SNP 9
Independently 8th
Conservative 8th
Labor 1

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mid-2012 Population ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB)
  2. ↑ Results of the regional elections 2017 ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.electionsscotland.info

literature

Historical representation
  • Lachlan Shaw: The history of the Province of Moray. Comprising the counties of Elgin and Nairn, the greater part of the County of Inverness and a portion of the County of Banff, all called the Province of Moray before there was a division into counties. New edition in 3 volumes. London / Glasgow 1882. ( Vol. 1, Internet Archive , Vol. 2, Internet Archive , Vol. 3, Internet Archive ).

Web links

Commons : Moray  - collection of images, videos and audio files