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The Moray Council

Local authority area: Moray · Moireibh

Moray is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 2,237.6 km² and had 95,820 residents in 2019 — about 43 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Elgin.

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Town hall in the administrative centreTown Hall, North Street, Elgin

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Moray, 2001–2019.

Residents, 201995,820+10.1% since 2001

Land area2,237.6km²863.9 sq mi

Density43/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#321of 382 UK councils · #22 in Scotland

Population estimates19 data points

90.8K91.4K92.8K93.2K93.7K93.5K92.9K94.4K94.8K95.5K96.1K95.8K95.5K95.8K

20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
Moray became a local authority area.

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

8 electoral wards

All wards of Moray

Visit

Council offices

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

TElgin Town Hall for the Community LtdTown hall · Elgin IV30 1UL · hours listed TFindochty Town HallTown hall · Buckie AB56 4PJ

Westminster

Constituencies

Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey · 6 wards Aberdeenshire North and Moray East · 3 wards

Source: Wikidata Q211106 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.