Unitary Authority Fact Sheet
- Population and Area

(At 1st June, 1995)


         Authority              Population   Area
                                (30.6.93)  (hectares)
         Mainland
         
         Aberdeen City           218,220     18,216
         Aberdeenshire           223,630    631,736
         Angus                   111,020    218,396
         Argyll and Bute          90,550    702,300
         Clackmannan              48,660     15,809
         Dumbarton and Clydebank  97,790     17,573
         Dumfries and Galloway   147,900    644,567
         Dundee (City of)        153,710      5,500
         East Ayrshire           123,820    127,527
         East Dunbartonshire     110,220     17,551
         East Lothian             85,640     66,558
         East Renfrewshire        86,780     16,802
         Edinburgh (City of)     441,620     26,001
         Falkirk                 142,610     29,300
         Fife                    351,200    134,045
         Glasgow (City of)       623,850     17,472
         Highland                206,900  2,611,906
         Inverclyde               89,990     16,724
         Midlothian               79,910     34,966
         Moray                    86,250    223,694
         North Ayrshire          139,020     88,755
         North Lanarkshire       326,750     47,648
         Perthshire and Kinross  130,470    539,479
         Renfrewshire            176,970     26,250
         Scottish  Borders       105,300    472,749
         South Ayrshire          113,960    123,021
         South Lanarkshire       307,100    177,789
         Stirling                 81,630    224,320
         West Lothian            146,730     42,664
         
         TOTAL                 5,048,200  7,319,318
         
         Islands
         
         Orkney                   19,760    102,498
         Shetland                 22,830    147,097
         Western Isles            29,410    307,005
         
         TOTAL                    72,000    556,600
         
         TOTAL SCOTLAND        5,120,200  7,875,918


      Source:  Confederation of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA)