Tweeddale
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Tweeddale (
Srath Thuaidh in
Scottish Gaelic) is a
committee area and
lieutenancy area in the
Scottish Borders. With a population of 17,394 at the latest
census in 2001 [ [Area committee population], Scottish Borders Council ] it is the second smallest of the 5 committee areas in the Borders. It is the traditional name for the area drained by the upper reaches of the
River Tweed, this area was considered to end before the Yarrow Water flowed into the Tweed, so the area to the south and east, was bounded by the Yarrow/Tweed
watershed, and to the north and east by the
Gala/Tweed watershed.
Tweeddale District
In the Scottish local government reorganisation of
1974, Tweeddale became a
district in the
Borders region. This district was almost identical to the former
county of
Peeblesshire.
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