Moray
Sign in to saveMoray ( ; or ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Its council is based in Elgin, the area's largest town. The main towns are generally in the north of the area on the coastal plain. The south of the area is more sparsely populated and mountainous, including part of the Cairngorms National Park.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Moray
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Council area
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat_of_arms_of_Moray_Area_Council.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Moray UK location map.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Moray shown within Scotland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- United Kingdom
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Scotland
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Lieutenancy area
- Settlement.established_title
- Unitary authority
- Settlement.established_date
- 1 April 1996
- Settlement.seat_type
- AdministrativeHQ
- Settlement.seat
- Elgin
- Settlement.government_type
- Council
- Settlement.governing_body
- Moray Council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Control
- Settlement.leader_title3
- MPs
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Moray ( ; or ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. Its council is based in Elgin, the area's largest town. The main towns are generally in the north of the area on the coastal plain. The south of the area is more sparsely populated and mountainous, including part of the Cairngorms National Park.
The council area is named after the historic county of Moray (called Elginshire prior to 1919), which was in turn named after the medieval Province of Moray, each of which covered different areas to the modern council area. The modern area of Moray was created in 1975 as a lower-tier district within the Grampian Region. The Moray district became a single-tier council area in 1996.