Angus, Scotland

Angus Aonghas (Scottish Gaelic)
Council area
Coat of arms
Angus shown within Scotland
Coordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W / 56.667°N 2.917°W / 56.667; -2.917
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Angus
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Forfar Town and County Hall
Government [1]
• Type	Council
• Body	Angus Council
• Control	No overall control
• MPs	2 MPs Dave Doogan (SNP) Stephen Gethins (SNP)
• MSPs	2 MSPs Mairi Gougeon (SNP) Graeme Dey (SNP)
Area [2]
• Total	842 sq mi (2,181 km2)
• Rank	10th
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	114,660
• Rank	18th
• Density	140/sq mi (53/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	GB-ANS
GSS code	S12000041
Website	angus.gov.uk

Angus (Scots: Angus; Scottish Gaelic: Aonghas) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders Aberdeenshire, Dundee City and Perth and Kinross. Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the east of the county.

Angus was historically a province, and later a sheriffdom and county (called Forfarshire or the County of Forfar until 1928), bordering Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west; southwards it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay. The county included Dundee until 1894, when it was made a county of a city. The pre-1894 boundaries of Angus continue to be used as a registration county. Between 1975 and 1996 Angus was a lower-tier district within the Tayside region. The district took on its modern form and powers in 1996, since when the local authority has been Angus Council.