East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire
*Aest Ayrshire*
*Siorrachd Àir an Ear*
East Ayrshire; Aest Ayrshire; Siorrachd Àir an Ear
	Coat airms
Admin HQ	London Road, Kilmarnock
Govrenment
• Bodi	East Ayrshire Cooncil; http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/
• Control	SNP minority (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	Alan Brown; Bill Grant;
• MSPs	Willie Coffey; Jeane Freeman;
Area
• Total	1,262 km2 (487 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 14th
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	122,200
• Rank	Rankit 16th
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000008
ISO 3166 code	GB-EAY

Coordinates: 55°30′N 4°18′W / 55.5°N 4.3°W / 55.5; -4.3

East Ayrshire, spelt Eist Ayrshire an Aest Ayrshire anaw (Scots Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear), is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It haes mairches wi North Ayrshire, Sooth Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Sooth Lanrikshire, an Dumfries an Gallowa.

Alang wi Sooth Ayrshire an the mainland bits o North Ayrshire, it furm'd the umwhyl coontie o Ayrshire. The cooncil area wis shapit in 1996, frae the umwhyl Kilmarnock an Loudoun an Cumnock an Doon Valley destriks.

Touns an veilages[eedit | eedit soorce]

The mukkilest toun in East Ayrshire is Kilmarnock, whilk is the cooncil area's heidsteid. Ither mukkil touns bes Cumnock, New Cumnock an Stewarton.

Steids o interest[eedit | eedit soorce]

Cooncil areas o Scotland

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