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East Lothian Council

Local authority area: East Lothian · Lodainn an Ear

East Lothian is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 679.2 km² and had 107,090 residents in 2019 — about 158 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Haddington.

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Town hall in the administrative centreTown House, Court Street, Haddington

People

Population

Estimates recorded for East Lothian, 2001–2019.

Residents, 2019107,090+18.8% since 2001

Land area679.2km²262.2 sq mi

Density158/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#292of 382 UK councils · #21 in Scotland

Population estimates19 data points

93.8K95.6K97.5K98.3K99.1K99.9K100.9K101.4K102.1K103K104.1K104.8K105.8K107.1K

20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
East Lothian became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

BargaPardubice

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

6 electoral wards

All wards of East Lothian

Visit

Council offices

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

CEast Lothian Trusted TraderCouncil office · Haddington EH41 3HA · hours listed

Westminster

Constituencies

Lothian East · 6 wards Edinburgh East and Musselburgh · 1 ward

Source: Wikidata Q207257 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.