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Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
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|---|---|
 Scottish Borders shown within Scotland | |
| Coordinates: 55°21′36″N 2°29′24″W / 55.36000°N 2.49000°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Lieutenancy areas | |
| Unitary authority | 1 April 1996 |
| Administrative HQ | Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council |
| • Body | Scottish Borders Council |
| • Control | No overall control |
| • MPs | 2 MPs
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| • MSPs | 2 MSPs |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,827 sq mi (4,732 km2) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 116,820 |
| • Rank | 17th |
| • Density | 60/sq mi (25/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-SCB |
| GSS code | S12000026 |
| Website | scotborders |
The Scottish Borders (Scots: the Mairches, lit. 'the Marches'; Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.[3] The council area occupies approximately the same area as the historic shires of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, and Selkirkshire. It is bordered by West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, South Lanarkshire to the west, and the English ceremonial counties of Cumbria and Northumberland to the south. The largest settlement is Galashiels, and the administrative centre is Newtown St Boswells.
- ^ "Your Council". Scottish Borders Council. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Local councils in Scotland". Directgov. Internet Memory Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008 – via UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives.
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