South Ayrshire
South Ayrshire Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas |
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Administrative headquarters | Ayr |
surface | 1,222 km² (15.) |
Residents | 112.910 (2012) (19.) |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-SAY |
ONS code | 00RE |
Website | www.south-ayrshire.gov.uk |
South Ayrshire ( Scottish Gaelic Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas ) is one of 32 Council Areas in Scotland . It covers the southern part of traditional Ayrshire and borders East Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway . From 1975 to 1996, South Ayrshire formed a district of the Strathclyde region under the name Kyle and Carrick .
places
- Alloway
- Ayr
- Ballantrae
- Crosshill
- Dailly
- Girvan
- Kirkoswald
- Lendalfoo
- Maybole
- Monkton
- Prestwick
- Tarbolton
- Troon
- Turnberry
Attractions
- Bargany Gardens
- Burns Cottage
- Burns National Heritage Park
- Carrick Forest
- Crossraguel Abbey
- Culzean Castle
- Souter Johnnie's Cottage
- see also: List of Category A structures in South Ayrshire
politics
The South Ayrshire Council has 28 seats distributed among the parties as follows:
Political party | Seats |
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Conservative | 12 |
Scottish National Party | 9 |
Labor | 5 |
Independently | 2 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mid-2012 Population ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB)
- ↑ Results of the regional elections 2017
Web links
Commons : South Ayrshire - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files