The Mairches

The Mairches
*Crìochan na h-Alba*
*Scottish Borders*
The Mairches; Crìochan na h-Alba; Scottish Borders;
	Official logo of The MairchesCrìochan na h-AlbaScottish Borders
	Coordinates: 55°21′36″N 2°29′24″W
Admin HQ	Newtown St Boswells
Govrenment
• Bodi	The Mairches Cooncil
• Control	Con + Ind (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	John Lamont; (Conservative – Berwickshire, Roxburgh an Selkirk); David Mundell; (Conservative – Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale an Tweeddale);
• MSPs	Christine Grahame; (SNP – Midlowden Sooth, Tweeddale an Lauderdale); Rachael Hamilton; (Conservative – Ettrick, Roxburgh an Berwickshire);
Area
• Total	4,731 km2 (1,827 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 6th
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	114,500
• Rank	Rankit 18th
• Density	24/km2 (60/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000026
ISO 3166 code	GB-SCB
Website	www.scotborders.gov.uk

The Mairches (Inglis: Scottish Borders; Scots Gaelic: Na Crìochan) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It is bordered bi Dumfries an Gallowa til the wast; Sooth Lanrikshire an Wast Lowden til the nor-wast; Ceety o Edinburgh, East Lowden an Midlowden til the north; an the non-metropolitan coonties o Northumberland an Cumbria (in Ingland) til the sooth an east. The administrative centre o the region is Newtown St Boswells.

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Historically, the name Scots Borders designatit the hale border region o soothren Scotland an, thegither wi neeborin regions o Ingland, wis pairt o the historical Borders region.

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