Dumfries and Galloway Council

Local authority area: Dumfries and Galloway · Dùn Phris agus Gall-Ghàidhealaibh

Dumfries and Galloway is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 6,426.9 km² and had 148,860 residents in 2019 — about 23 people per km². The authority dates from 1975. The council is based in Dumfries.

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People

Population

Estimates recorded for Dumfries and Galloway, 2001–2019.

Residents, 2019148,860+0.7% since 2001

Land area6,426.9km²2,481.4 sq mi

Density23/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#195of 382 UK councils · #14 in Scotland

Population estimates19 data points

149.8K150.4K151K151.2K151.1K151.4K150.8K150.3K150K149.7K149.5K149.2K148.8K148.9K

20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

History

How the council came to be

1975
Created
Dumfries and Galloway became a local authority area.

Borders

Neighbouring councils

SSouth LanarkshireScottish council area320,530

Same region, same type

Other scottish council areas in Scotland

All councils in Scotland

Glasgow City633,120 City of Edinburgh524,930 Fife373,550 North Lanarkshire341,370 South Lanarkshire320,530 Aberdeenshire261,210 Highland235,830 Aberdeen City228,670 West Lothian183,100 Renfrewshire179,100 Falkirk160,890 Perth and Kinross151,950

Elections

12 electoral wards

All wards of Dumfries and Galloway

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TLochmaben Town HallTown hall · Lockerbie DG11 1NQ TSanquhar Town HallTown hall · Sanquhar DG4 6DF

Westminster

Constituencies

Dumfries and Galloway · 9 wards Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale · 5 wards

Source: Wikidata Q126514 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.