Grampian

Former local government region of Scotland

This article is about the former local government region of Scotland. For other uses, see Grampian (disambiguation).

"Grampian Region" redirects here. For the region in Victoria, Australia, see Grampians (region).

Place

Grampian

Roinn a' Mhonaidh

Coat of arms

Government

• Type| Regional Council
Area

• Total| 8,697.72 km2 (3,358.21 sq mi)
• 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. The region took its name from the Grampian Mountains.

It is now divided into the unitary council areas of Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen and Moray.

## Geography[edit]

Woodhill House, Regional Headquarters The region takes its name from the Grampian Mountains Street in Old Aberdeen Plainstones in Elgin Stonehaven

Grampian had boundaries with the Highlands to the west (Inverness-shire, Nairnshire) and Tayside to the south (Angus, Perth and Kinross). It was made up of the historical counties of Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen, Kincardineshire and Morayshire in northeast Scotland. Moray included the historical county of Banffshire. Grampian was divided into five districts \- Aberdeen, Banff and Buchan, Gordon, Kincardine and Deeside and Moray.[1]

Aberdeen is the major city of the region. Other major towns are the former royal burgh of Elgin, the major fishing port of Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Inverurie, Westhill, Stonehaven, Forres, Ellon and Portlethen. Grampian Regional Council was based at Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen.[2]

## Politics[edit]

### Electoral history[edit]

Results History  Election  | Party

|

1982 | Conservative
1986 | Labour
1990 | Labour
1994 | Liberal Democrats

* 1982 results map

* 1986 results map

* 1990 results map

* 1994 Scotland results

## Modern day use[edit]

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 in 2013.[3] Grampian also had its own Television region called Grampian Television until it was dissolved and incorporated in STV North in 2006.[4]

## Town twinning[edit]

Aberdeen is twinned with Houston, Texas.[2]

## See also[edit]

* Politics of Scotland
* Politics of the United Kingdom
* Subdivisions of Scotland

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The Educational Endowments (Grampian Region) Transfer Scheme Order 1996". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
2. ^ a b "Grampian Regional Council". Grampian-Houston Association. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
3. ^ "Praise after fire service merger". The Herald. 13 November 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
4. ^ "Scottish TV and Grampian TV to merge identities". Press Gazette. 2 March 2006. Retrieved 28 December 2022.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Grampian at Wikimedia Commons

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Local government areas of Scotland, in use 1975 to 1996

Borders|

* Berwickshire
* Ettrick and Lauderdale
* Roxburgh
* Tweeddale

Central Region|

* Clackmannan
* Falkirk
* Stirling

Dumfries and
Galloway|

* Annandale and Eskdale
* Nithsdale
* Stewartry
* Wigtown

Fife|

* Dunfermline
* Kirkcaldy
* North East Fife

Grampian|

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

Highland|

* Badenoch and Strathspey
* Caithness
* Inverness
* Lochaber
* Nairn
* Ross and Cromarty
* Skye and Lochalsh
* Sutherland

Lothian|

* East Lothian
* Edinburgh
* Midlothian
* West Lothian

Strathclyde|

* Argyll
* Bearsden and Milngavie
* Strathkelvin
* Clydebank
* Cumbernauld and Kilsyth
* Cumnock and Doon Valley
* Cunninghame
* Dumbarton
* East Kilbride
* Eastwood
* Glasgow
* Hamilton
* Inverclyde
* Kilmarnock and Loudoun
* Kyle and Carrick
* Clydesdale
* Monklands
* Motherwell
* Renfrew

Tayside|

* Angus
* Dundee
* Perth and Kinross

Island areas1|

* Orkney
* Shetland
* Western Isles

1 The island areas were unitary authorities, combining the powers of a region and a district.

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