East Ayrshire

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 14th 1,262 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Kilmarnock
ISO 3166-2	GB-EAY
ONS code	00QK
Demographics
Population - Total (2004) - Density	Ranked 16th 119,720 95 / km²
Politics
East Ayrshire Council http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/
Control	Labour
MPs	Des Browne Sandra Osborne
MSPs	Margaret Jamieson Cathy Jamieson

Logo of East Ayrshire Council

East Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, South Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it forms the traditional county of Ayrshire. council area of Scotland File links The following pages link to this file: East Ayrshire Categories: NowCommons | GFDL images ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of Scotland ordered by area. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... View from Kilmarnock train station onto John Finnie Street. ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for the United Kingdom correspond to the nations administrative divisions. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of districts of Scotland ordered by population. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in Britain (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... The Right Honourable Desmond Henry Browne (born March 22, 1952 in Stevenson) is a Roman Catholic politician in Scotland, and Labour member of Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun. ... Sandra Osborne (born 23 February 1956) is the Labour member of Parliament for Ayr in Scotland. ... Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament. ... Margaret Jamieson (born 1953, Kilmarnock) is a Scottish Labour politician, and Member of the Scottish Parliament for Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency since 1999. ... Cathy Jamieson, (Born 3 November 1956) is a Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament and has been the representative for Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley since 1999. ... Image File history File links Eastayrshirelogo. ... Image File history File links Eastayrshirelogo. ... Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... In government, see Unitary state In mathematics, see Unitary matrix Unitary operator Unitary group Unitary representation This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... South Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of the traditional county of Lanarkshire. ... South Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. ... Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... The traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland. ... Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir in Scottish Gaelic) was a county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ...

The area was formed in 1996, from the former Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley districts. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Kilmarnock and Loudoun was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. ... Cumnock and Doon Valley (Cumnag agus Srath Dhùin in Scottish Gaelic) was formerly (1975-96) a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. ...

Towns and villages

• Auchinleck
• Catrine Craigmalloch Cumnock
• Dalmellington Dalrymple Darvel Drongan
• Galston Glenbuck Greenholm
• Hurlford
• Kilmarnock Kilmaurs
• Mauchline Muirkirk
• Netherthird New Cumnock Newmilns
• Ochiltree
• Patna
• Riccarton
• Stair Stewarton Sorn
• Trabboch

Auchinleck (sometimes pronounced Affleck) is a town with a population of ca. ... Catrine is a village in Ayrshire, Scotland which was formerly a centre of cotton manufacture. ... Cumnock is a burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Dalmellington (pop. ... // Location Nicknamed The Lang Toun due to its quaint appearance on Ordnance Survey maps, the East Ayrshire town of Darvel (population 3,613) is situated 9 miles east from Kilmarnock in the Irvine Valley, and lies near to Loudoun Hill. ... Drongan is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland with a population of around 3000. ... Galston is a town in East Ayrshire, Scotland, situated five miles east of Kilmarnock. ... Glenbuck in South Ayrshire is a small town in Scotland. ... Newmilns and Greenholm is a small burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Hurlford is a village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. ... View from Kilmarnock train station onto John Finnie Street. ... Kilmaurs, a town in the Cunningham division of Ayrshire, Scotland, on the Carmel, 211 miles south by west of Glasgow by the Glasgow & South-Western railway. ... Mauchline is a town in the division of Kyle, Ayrshire, Scotland. ... Newmilns is a small town in East Ayrshire, Scotland. ... The title Lord Ochiltree was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1543 for Andrew Stewart, a son of the 1st Lord Avandale, a descendant of Murdoch Stewart, 2nd Duke of Albany by the feudal baron of Morphie. ... Patna, population 2298, is a village in East Ayrshire. ... The place-name of Riccarton may refer to: a parish in Ayrshire, Scotland a locality to the south-west of Edinburgh, Scotland a locality on the Taieri Plains in Otago, New Zealand Riccarton a suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand A long demolished Railway Junction on The Waverley Route in Scotland... The hamlet of Stair in Scotland nestles at the bottom of a glen beside the River Ayr at the north-west border of the 5,376 acre (22 km²) parish of Stair where the River Ayr is joined by Trabboch Burn in what is now known as East Ayrshire. ... Stewarton is a town located in the Scottish county of East Ayrshire (which was until recently simply a part of the county of Ayrshire). ... Sorn is a small village in East Ayrshire, Scotland. ...

Places of interest

• Loch Doon
• Scottish Industrial Railway Centre
• Sorn Castle
• Stair House

Loch Doon. ... The Scottish Industrial Railway Centre is a museum operated by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group. ... Stair House is the birthplace of John Dalrymple, 1st Earl of Stair This article is a stub. ...

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Subdivisions created by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 Motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (English: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within Europe Scotlands location within the United Kingdom Languages English, Gaelic, Scots Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as Council Areas which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as Councils. They have been in use since April 1, 1996, under the provisions of the Local Government etc. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Scotland. ... The Local Government etc. ... 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 City of Aberdeen (Mòr-bhaile Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties and also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy area. ... Argyll and Bute (Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Dumfries and Galloway (Dùn Phris agus Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland. ... City of Dundee (Mòr-bhaile Dhùn Dèagh in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... East Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... East Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Western Isles redirects here. ... City of Edinburgh (Mòr-bhaile Dhùn Èideann in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Falkirk (an Eaglais Bhreac in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas in Scotland. ... Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with landward boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. ... The City of Glasgow Council (Mòr-bhaile Ghlaschu in Gaelic) is one of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities, formerly Glasgow District Council and Glasgow Corporation in Glasgow, Scotland. ... The Highland unitary authority area (Roinn na Gàidhealtachd in Gaelic) is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in Scotland. ... For other uses, see Inverclyde (disambiguation). ... Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a lieutenancy Area. ... Moray (Moireibh in Gaelic), one of the 32 unitary council regions (or areas) of Scotland, lies in the north-east of the country and borders on the regions of Aberdeenshire and Highland. ... North Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... North Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... Stromness in 2006. ... Perth and Kinross (Peairt agus Ceann Rois in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ... Renfrewshire (Siorrachd Rinn Friù in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. ... Scottish Borders (Crìochan na h-Alba in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland. ... The Shetland Islands, also called Shetland (archaically spelled Zetland) formerly called Hjaltland, comprise one of 32 council areas of Scotland. ... South Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. ... South Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, covering the southern part of the traditional county of Lanarkshire. ... Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland with a population of about 85,000. ... West Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. ... West Lothian or Linlithgowshire (Lodainn an Iar in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. ...