Elena Whitham (SNP – Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley)
Area
• Total
472 sq mi (1,222 km2)
• Rank
Ranked 15th
Population
(2022)
• Total
111,560
• Rank
Ranked 20th
• Density
240/sq mi (91/km2)
ONS code
S12000028
ISO 3166 code
GB-SAY
Website
South Ayrshire Council
South Ayrshire (Scots: Sooth Ayrshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Àir a Deas, pronounced[ˈʃirˠəxkaːɾʲəˈtʲes̪]) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland, covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. South Ayrshire had an estimated population in 2021 of 112,450, making it the 19th–largest subdivision in Scotland by population.[1] With an area of 472 sq mi, South Ayrshire ranks as the 15th largest subdivision in Scotland.
South Ayrshire's administrative centre is located in its largest town, Ayr. The headquarters for its associated political body, South Ayrshire Council, is housed at the towns County Buildings located in Wellington Square. Ayr is the former county town of the historic Ayrshire county, with the political activity of the Ayrshire County Council being based at County Buildings.[2]
^"Mid-2021 Population Estimates Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 May 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
^Shennan, Hay (1892). Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland: as settled by the Boundary Commissioners under the Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1889. Edinburgh: William Green & Sons – via Internet Archive.
covering the southern part of Ayrshire. It borders onto Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire and North Ayrshire. SouthAyrshire had an estimated population...
Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir, pronounced [ˈʃirˠəxk iɲiˈɾʲaːɾʲ]) is a historic county and registration county, in south-west Scotland...
SouthAyrshire Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Shiorrachd Àir a Deas) is the political body covering SouthAyrshire created in 1995, comprising eight...
today it is the administrative centre of the SouthAyrshire Council, and the historic county town of Ayrshire. With a population of 46,982, Ayr is the 15th...
the northeast, and East Ayrshire and SouthAyrshire to the east and south respectively. The local authority is North Ayrshire Council, formed in 1996...
North Ayrshire, SouthAyrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquarters of the council are located on London Road, Kilmarnock. With SouthAyrshire and the...
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Services Scotland and Subdivisions of Scotland. East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and SouthAyrshire East Ayrshire Community Hospital, Cumnock Kirklandside Hospital...
but no Planning or Listed Building Consents were ever received to SouthAyrshire Council. Shortly after closure, members of the public began expressing...
-4.975 Ayrshire and Arran is a lieutenancy area of Scotland. It consists of the council areas of East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and SouthAyrshire. The area...
The Ayrshire Junior Football League, known as the Western Junior League from 1919 until 1968, was a football league competition operated in Ayrshire under...
the Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board area despite being located in South Lanarkshire. They are now part of NHS Lanarkshire. The Scottish Government...
East Ayrshire Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Shiorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear) is the political body covering the East Ayrshire local authority created...
Prestwick (Scottish Gaelic: Preastabhaig) is a town in SouthAyrshire on the west coast of Ayrshire in Scotland about 30 miles (50 kilometres) southwest...
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