Angus

Angus (Scots Gaelic: Aonghas) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland, a registration coontie an a lieutenancie area. The cooncil area borders Aiberdeenshire, Perth an Kinross an Dundee.^[1]

Angus Aonghas
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Angus within Scotland
Coordinates: 56°40′N 2°55′W
Admin HQ	Farfar
Govrenment
• Bodi	Angus Cooncil
• Control	Ind + Con + LD (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	Kirstene Hair, Conservative Stewart Hosie, SNP Chris Law, SNP
• MSPs	Mairi Evans, SNP Graeme Dey, SNP
Area
• Total	2,181 km2 (842 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 10th
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	116,500
• Rank	Rankit 17th
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000041
ISO 3166 code	GB-ANS
Website	www.angus.gov.uk

Historie

Angus wis historicalie a coontie (kent as Farfarshire frae the echteent centurie till 1928, whan it chynged til Angus) till 1975 whan it becam a destrik o the Tayside region. In 1996, twa-teir local govrenment wis forduin an Angus wis estaiblisht as a cooncil area in its steid. The umwhyl coontie haed mairches wi Kincardineshire til the nor'eist, the coontie o Aiberdeenshire til the north an Perthshire til the wast. The mairches o the-day's cooncil area ar the same as thae o the auld coontie but withoot the ceitie o Dundee.

Geografie

Angus can be splat intil thrie geografic areas. The north an wast is muntainous wi no monie dwallers an the main industrie is hill-fermin. Til the sooth an eist the laundskape is maistlins rowin hills borderin the sie. This area haes monie dwallers, wi the mukkiler touns an the ceitie o Dundee liggin on the coast. In atwein ligs Strathmore (frae a Gaelic name meinin "the gret dale") whilk is a growthie fermin area noted for the growin o tatties, saft fruit an the upbringin o Angus kye.

Touns an veelages

Touns

• Arbroath, the mukkilest toun
• Brechin
• Carnoustie
• Farfar, the coontie toun an the cooncil area's heidsteid
• Kirriemuir
• Monifieth
• Montrose

Veelages

• Aberlemno
• Arbirlot
• Auchmithie
• Auchterhouss
• Birkhill
• Brig o Craigisla
• Carmyllie
• Dunnichen
• Eist Haven
• Aigle
• Farnell
• Friockheim
• Finavon
• Glamis
• Guthrie
• Inverkeilor
• Hodgeton
• Hillside
• Kingsmuir
• Letham
• Newbiggin
• Newtyle
• Noranside
• Memus
• Menmuir
• Monikie
• Muirheid
• Murroes
• St Vigeans
• Tannadice
• Tarfside
• Tealin
• Unthank

Steids o interest

• Aberlemno Pechtish Stanes
• Angus Fowk Museum, Glamis
• Arbroath Abbey, steid o the syning o the Declaration o Arbroath^[2]
• Barry Mill
• Brechin Cathedral
• Brechin Castil
• Brechin Roond Tour
• Caledonian Railwey
• Cairngorms Naitional Pairk
• Carnlochan Naitional Naitur Hainin
• Eassie Stane^[3]
• Edzell Castil^[4]
• Glamis Castil^[5]
• Houss o Dun
• Loch o Kinnordy Naitur Hainin
• Monboddo Houss
• Montrose Basin Naitur Hainin
• Montrose Museum