County Towns: Scotland
Q: In which town or city are the administrative headquarters of ... ? |
Traditional
The following are self–evident: Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Cromartyshire, Dumfriesshire,
Inverness–shire, Kinross–shire, Kircudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Nairnshire, Peeblesshire, Perthshire,
Renfrewshire, Selkirkshire, Stirlingshire, Wigtownshire
Angus (alternative name Forfarshire) |
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Forfar |
Argyll |
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Lochgilphead |
Berwickshire |
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Duns (formerly Berwick–upon–Tweed) |
Bute |
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Rothesay |
Caithness |
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Wick |
Clackmannanshire |
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Alloa (formerly Clackmannan) |
Dunbartonshire |
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Dumbarton |
Fife |
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Cupar |
Kincardineshire |
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Stonehaven |
East Lothian (alternative name Haddingtonshire) |
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Haddington |
Mid Lothian (alternative name Edinburghshire) |
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Edinburgh |
West Lothian (alternative name Linlithgowshire) |
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Linlithgow |
Morayshire (alternative name Elginshire) |
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Elgin |
Orkney |
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Kirkwall |
Ross–shire |
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Dingwall |
Dingwall was also the county town of Ross and Cromarty, which was created
in 1890 by combining Ross-shire and Cromartyshire.
Roxburghshire |
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Jedburgh (formerly Roxburgh) |
Shetland |
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Lerwick |
Sutherland |
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Dornoch |
Regions (from 1974)
Borders |
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Newtown St. Boswells |
Central Scotland |
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Stirling |
Fife |
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Glenrothes |
Grampian |
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Aberdeen |
Highland |
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Dingwall |
Lothian |
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Edinburgh |
Orkney |
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Kirkwall |
Shetland |
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Lerwick |
Strathclyde |
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Glasgow |
Tayside |
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Dundee |
Western Isles |
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Stornoway (Isle of Lewis) |
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