Moray (county)

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County of Moray
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Geography
Area
- Total
- % Water Ranked 18th
304,606 acres (1233 km²)
? %
County town Elgin
Chapman code MOR

Moray, or Morayshire or Elginshire (Moireibh in Gaelic) is one of the registration counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. The county town was Elgin. It was also in use as a county of Scotland for general administrative purposes until 1975.

There were two large detached portions of Morayshire situated locally in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire situated locally in Morayshire. With the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 these parts were merged into the county in which they locally lay. The county shown was officially called Elginshire, sharing the name of the Elginshire parliamentary constituency, so named since 1708.

Morayshire is also that name of a registration county for property, and a slightly smaller area is a Lieutenancy Area named Moray. This area consists almost exactly of the rump of the traditional county, without its exclaves in Inverness-shire.

Towns and villages of the county

Administrative Morayshire 1889-1975

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Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 18th 304,606 acres (1233 km²) ? %
County town	Elgin
Chapman code	MOR