Grampian

Grampian (Scottish Gaelic: Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. It is now divided into the unitary council areas of:

It is made up of the historical counties of:

The region had five districts:

The region took its name from the Grampian Mountains.

Grampian has boundaries with the Highlands to the east (Inverness-shire, Nairnshire) and Tayside to the south (Angus, Perth and Kinross).

The region of Grampian was made up of the regions of:

1982 results map

1986 results map

1990 results map

1994 Scotland results

Grampian continues to have a regional NHS board. The region also had a regional fire and rescue service and Police service before they were merged into Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and Police Scotland respectively. Grampian also had its own Television region called Grampian Television until it was dissolved and incorporated in STV North in 2006.

Street in Old Aberdeen

Plainstones in Elgin

Stonehaven

Coordinates: 57°13′41″N 2°59′17″W  /  57.228°N 2.988°W  / 57.228; -2.988