Grampian

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Grampian Roinn a' Mhonaidh
Government
• Type	Regional Council
Area
• Total	8,697.72 km2 (3,358.21 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 3rd
Population
• Estimate  (2020)	584,550
• Rank	Ranked 3rd

Grampian (Scottish Gaelic: Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. It is now divided into the unitary council areas of:

• Aberdeenshire
• City of Aberdeen
• Moray

It is made up of the historical counties of:

• Aberdeenshire
• City of Aberdeen
• Kincardineshire
• Morayshire

The region had five districts:

• Aberdeen
• Banff and Buchan
• Gordon
• Kincardine and Deeside
• Moray

Geography[]

Name[]

Grampian Mountains

The region took its name from the Grampian Mountains.

Largest Cities and Towns[]

• Aberdeen
• Elgin
• Peterhead
• Fraserburgh
• Inverurie
• Westhill
• Stonehaven
• Forres
• 

  Aberdeen Beach
  Ellon
• Portlethen

Boundaires[]

Grampian has boundaries with the Highlands to the east (Inverness-shire, Nairnshire) and Tayside to the south (Angus, Perth and Kinross).

The region of Grampian was made up of the regions of:

• Aberdeenshire
• City of Aberdeen
• Kincardineshire (Historical county, Incorporated into Aberdeenshire)
• Moray (Morayshire)
• Banffshire (Historical county, Incorporated into Moray)

Politics[]

Electoral History[]

• 

  1982 results map

• 

  1986 results map

• 

  1990 results map

• 

  1994 Scotland results

Modern day use[]

Grampian continues to have a regional NHS board. The region also had a regional fire and rescue service and Police service before they were merged into Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland respectively. Grampian also had its own Television region called Grampian Television until it was dissolved and incorporated in STV North in 2006.

Gallery[]

• 

  Street in Old Aberdeen

• 

  Plainstones in Elgin

• 

  Stonehaven

Town twinning[]

• Houston, Texas (Aberdeen)

See also[]

• Politics of Scotland
• Politics of the United Kingdom
• Subdivisions of Scotland

External links[]

• Media related to Grampian at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 57°13′41″N 2°59′17″W / 57.228°N 2.988°W / 57.228; -2.988