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This article is about the council area in Scotland. For other uses, see Angus, Scotland (disambiguation).
"Forfarshire" redirects here. For the ship, see Forfarshire (ship).

Template:Infobox Scotland council area Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and Dundee City. Main industries include agriculture and fishing.

Angus was historically a county (known officially as Forfarshire from the eighteenth century until 1928, when it reverted to its ancient name) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside Region. In 1996, two-tier local government was abolished and Angus was established as a unitary authority. The former county had borders with Kincardineshire to the north-east, county of Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west. Southwards, it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay. The boundaries of the present council area are exactly the same as those of the old county minus the City of Dundee.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency for the UK Parliament and the area is also represented at the Scottish Parliament by both the Angus and North Tayside Holyrood constituencies.

Angus can be split into three geographic areas. To the north and west, the topography is mountainous; this is the area of the five Angus Glens, is sparsely populated and the main industry is hill-farming. To the south and east the topography consists of rolling hills bordering the sea. This area is well populated, with the larger towns and the city of Dundee on the coast. In between lies Strathmore, Gaelic for the Great Valley, which is a fertile agricultural area noted for the growing of potatoes, soft fruit and the raising of Angus cattle.

Towns and villages

Towns

Villages

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Places of interest

Council political composition

Party Councillors
bgcolor="Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color"| Scottish National Party 13
bgcolor="Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| Independent 6
bgcolor="Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color"| Conservative 5
bgcolor="Template:Liberal Democrats/meta/color"| Liberal Democrat 3
bgcolor="Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color"| Labour 2

The council is currently controlled by the Angus Alliance which comprises a coalition of Independent/Conservative/Liberal Democrat & Labour councillors[5]

Sister areas

See also

References

  1. ^ Angus Council: Arbroath Abbey
  2. ^ C.Michael Hogan, Eassie Stone, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham, Oct., 2007
  3. ^ Undiscovered Scotland: Edzell Castle
  4. ^ Glamis Castle
  5. ^ Angus Council - Councillor Information
  6. ^ [1], Angus Council, "Yantai Visit", January 21, 2002

56°40′N 2°55′W / 56.667°N 2.917°W / 56.667; -2.917

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