East Lothian
Sign in to savecouncil area of Scotland; lieutenancy area
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East Lothian is a council area and official administrative region in Scotland, located in the southeastern part of the country. It serves as both a local government district and a lieutenancy area, making it an important administrative division within Scotland's governance structure.
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Key facts
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Country
- Scotland
- Unitary authority
- 1 April 1996
- Administrative hq
- Haddington Town House
- Type
- Council
- Body
- East Lothian Council
- Control
- No overall control
- Mps
- 2 MPs Douglas Alexander ( L ) Chris Murray ( L )
- Msps
- 2 MSPs Colin Beattie ( SNP ) Paul McLennan ( SNP )
- Total
- 262 sq mi (679 km )
- Rank
- 18th
- Density
- 440/sq mi (170/km )
- Time zone
Article
East Lothian (/ˈloʊðiən/; Scots: Aest Lowden; Scottish Gaelic: Lodainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as an historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
In 1975, the historic county was incorporated for local government purposes into Lothian Region as East Lothian District, with some slight alterations of its boundaries. The Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 later created East Lothian as one of 32 modern council areas. East Lothian lies south of the Firth of Forth in the eastern central Lowlands of Scotland. It borders Edinburgh to the west, Midlothian to the south-west and the Scottish Borders to the south. Its administrative centre and former county town is Haddington while the largest town is Musselburgh.