This is a list of community council areas established in each of the council areas of Scotland.
As of 2012–3, there are 1,369 community council areas in Scotland, of which 1,129 (82%) have active community councils.[ citation needed ] There are also 3 Neighbourhood Representative Structures established in Dundee as alternatives to community councils.
Scottish community councils date from 1976, when they were established by district council and islands council schemes created under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The same act had established a two-tier system of local government in Scotland consisting of regional and district councils, except for the islands councils, which were created as unitary local authorities. The Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 abolished regional and district councils and transferred responsibility for community council schemes to new unitary councils created by the same act.
As of October 2021, there are 30 community council areas in the council area. [1]
As of July 2012, there are 73 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. Each of the areas under the council's decentralisation scheme is divided into community council areas as follows: [2]
As of July 2012, there are 25 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [3]
As of July 2012, there are 56 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with an asterisk have active community councils. [4] The communities are listed by the areas under the council's decentralisation scheme.
As of July 2012, there are 9 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [5]
As of July 2012, there are 107 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [6]
As of July 2012, there are 19 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [7]
There are also 3 Neighbourhood Representative Structures established as alternatives to community councils:
As of July 2012, there are 35 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [8]
As of July 2012, there are 13 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [9]
As of July 2012, there are 20 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [10]
As of January 2023, there are 11 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils: [11]
As of July 2012, there are 46 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [12]
As of July 2012, there are 30 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [13] The communities are listed by decentralisation areas.
As of July 2012, there are 18 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [14]
As of July 2012, there are 105 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [15]
As of July 2012, there are 101 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [16]
As of June 2015 [update] , there are 157 community council areas in the council area, three of which are not currently established. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [17]
As of February 2023, there are 11 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [18]
As of July 2012, there are 16 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [19]
As of January 2015 [update] , there are 20 community council areas in the council area, four of which are not currently established. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [20]
As of July 2012, there are 17 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [21]
As of July 2012, there are 81 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [22]
As of July 2012, there are 20 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [23]
As of July 2012, there are 52 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [24]
At February 2023, there are 25 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [25]
As of July 2012, there are 67 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [26]
As of July 2012, there are 18 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [27]
As of July 2012, there are 29 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [28]
As of July 2012, there are 58 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [29]
The area is divided into 42 community council areas, all of which have community councils as at 2023. [30]
As of July 2012, there are 17 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [31]
As of July 2012, there are 40 community council areas in the council area. Those marked with asterisks have active community councils. [32]
Angus is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, a registration county 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.
Perthshire, officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south; it borders the counties of Inverness-shire and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus to the east, Fife, Kinross-shire, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire to the south and Argyllshire to the west. It was a local government county from 1890 to 1930.
Fife is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire. By custom it is widely held to have been one of the major Pictish kingdoms, known as Fib, and is still commonly known as the Kingdom of Fife within Scotland. A person from Fife is known as a Fifer. In older documents the county was very occasionally known by the anglicisation Fifeshire.
Midlothian is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh council area, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders.
West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the north-west of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages. West Dunbartonshire also borders Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and Stirling.
Inverclyde is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire, which currently exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area. Inverclyde is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders the North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire council areas, and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde.
Renfrewshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Falkirk is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 by way of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District, one of three parts of the Central region created in 1975, which was abolished at that time. Prior to the 1975 reorganisation, the majority of the council area was part of the historic county of Stirlingshire, and a small part, namely Bo'ness and Blackness, was part of the former county of West Lothian.
Kirkcaldy is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. It is about 11.6 miles (19 km) north of Edinburgh and 27.6 miles (44 km) south-southwest of Dundee. The town had a recorded population of 49,460 in 2011, making it Fife's second-largest settlement and the 11th most populous settlement in Scotland.
Caithness or the County of Caithness is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.
Stirlingshire or the County of Stirling is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. Its county town is Stirling.
The Stirling council area is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about 93,470. It was created in 1975 as a lower-tier district within the Central region. The district covered parts of the historic counties of Stirlingshire and Perthshire, which were abolished for local government purposes. In 1996 the Central region was abolished and Stirling Council took over all local government functions within the area.
North East Fife was one of three local government districts in the Fife region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.
Glenrothes is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It had a population of 39,277 in the 2011 census, making it the third largest settlement in Fife and the 18th most populous locality in Scotland. Glenrothes is the administrative capital of Fife, containing the headquarters of both Fife Council and Police Scotland Fife Division and is a major service centre within the area.
Wick is a town and royal burgh in Caithness, in the far north of Scotland. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay. "Wick Locality" had a population of 6,954 at the time of the 2011 census, a decrease of 3.8% from 2001.
Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The lieutenancy area covers the three modern council areas of Inverclyde, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire, and this area is occasionally termed Greater Renfrewshire to distinguish it from the modern council area called Renfrewshire. The historic county additionally included territory on the south-western edge of Glasgow which was gradually transferred to the administrative area of the city as it grew.
Levenmouth is a conurbation comprising a network of settlements on the north side of the Firth of Forth, in Fife on the east coast of Scotland. It consists of three principal coastal towns; Leven, Buckhaven, and Methil, and a number of villages and hamlets inland. The industrial towns of Buckhaven and Methil lie on the west bank of the River Leven, and the resort town of Leven is on the east bank. The "Bawbee Bridge" links the two sides of the river. Historically, Buckhaven and Methil were joined together as one burgh, while Leven was separate. The area had an estimated population of 37,238 in 2006.
Dunfermline was a local government district in the Fife region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-west of the regional capital Glenrothes.
Kirkcaldy was a local government district in the Fife region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. The district was named after the town of Kirkcaldy but also covered a wider area, including the Fife regional capital of Glenrothes.
Wemyss is a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth. It is bounded on the north-east by the parish of Scoonie and the south-west by the parish of Kirkcaldy and Dysart and its length from south-west to north-east is about 6 miles. Inland it is bounded by Markinch and its greatest breadth is 2+1⁄4 miles.