Scottish Borders

Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders shown within Scotland
Scottish Borders shown within Scotland
Coordinates: 55°21′36″N 2°29′24″W / 55.36000°N 2.49000°W / 55.36000; -2.49000
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Lieutenancy areas
Unitary authority1 April 1996
Administrative HQCouncil Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells
Government
 • TypeCouncil
 • BodyScottish Borders Council
 • ControlNo overall control
 • MPs
 • MSPs
Area
 • Total1,827 sq mi (4,732 km2)
 • Rank6th
Population
 (2022)[2]
 • Total116,820
 • Rank17th
 • Density60/sq mi (25/km2)
Time zoneUTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 codeGB-SCB
GSS codeS12000026
Websitescotborders.gov.uk

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.

  1. ^ "Your Council". Scottish Borders Council. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Local councils in Scotland". Directgov. Internet Memory Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 February 2008 – via UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)