Moray
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- This article is about the region in Scotland. For the fish, see Moray eel. For Medieval Moray, see Mormaer of Moray. For the Inca ruin in Peru, see Moray (Inca ruin). For the submarine, see USS Moray (SS-300).
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| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 8th 2,238 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Elgin |
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| ONS code | 00QX |
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| The Moray Council http://www.moray.gov.uk/ | |
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Moray (pronounced Murray, spelled A Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country and borders on the regions of Aberdeenshire and Highland. It includes parts of the registration counties of Nairnshire, Moray, Inverness-shire and Banffshire.
Towns and villages
- Aberlour
- Alves
- Archiestown
- Arradoul
- Bogmoor
- Buckie
- Burghead
- Craigellachie
- Cullen
- Cummingston
- Dallas
- Deskford
- Dufftown
- Duffus
- Dyke
- Elgin
- Findhorn
- Findochty
- Fochabers
- Forres
- Fogwatt
- Garmouth
- Hopeman
- Keith
- Kingston
- Kinloss
- Lhanbryde
- Longmorn
- Lossiemouth
- Mosstodloch
- Newmill
- Portgordon
- Portknockie
- Rafford
- Rothes
- Rothiemay
- Spey Bay
- Tomintoul
- Urquhart
Politics
The Moray Council
Current political composition:
- Independent - 15 councillors
- Labour - 5 councillors
- Scottish National Party - 3 councillors
- Liberal Democrats - 1 councillor
- Conservative and Unionist - 1 councillor
Parliamentary constituencies
In the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster), the council area is covered the Moray (Westminster) constituency.
In the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood), most of the council area is covered by the Moray (Holyrood) constituency, which is in the Highlands and Islands electoral region. The rest of the council area is covered by the Gordon (Holyrood) constituency, which is in the North East Scotland electoral region.
| Council areas of Scotland |
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| Subdivisions created by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highland | Inverclyde | Midlothian | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanarkshire | Orkney | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland | South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire | West Lothian | |
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