Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire
*Aiberdeenshire*
*Siorrachd Obar Dheathain*
Aberdeenshire; Aiberdeenshire; Siorrachd Obar Dheathain
	Council logo
	Coordinates: 57°9′3.6″N 2°7′22.8″W / 57.151000°N 2.123000°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy areas	Aberdeenshire, Banffshire (Part), Kincardineshire
Admin HQ	Aberdeen
Government
• Body	Aberdeenshire Council
• Control	Con + LD + Ind (council NOC)
• MPs	Andrew Bowie (Con); Richard Thomson (SNP); David Duguid (Con);
• MSPs	Alexander Burnett (Con); Mairi Gougeon (SNP); Gillian Martin (SNP); Karen Adam (SNP); Audrey Nicoll (SNP); Maurice Golden (Con); Liam Kerr (Con);
Area
• Total	2,437 sq mi (6,313 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 4th
Population (2022)
• Total	263,750
• Rank	Ranked 6th
• Density	110/sq mi (42/km2)
GSS code	S12000034
ISO 3166 code	GB-ABD
Website	www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk

Aberdeenshire (Scots: Aiberdeenshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen, which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area includes all of the area of the historic counties of Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire (except the area making up Aberdeen City council area), as well as part of Banffshire. The county boundaries are officially used for a few purposes, namely land registration and lieutenancy.^[1]

Aberdeenshire Council is headquartered at Woodhill House, in Aberdeen, making it the only Scottish council whose headquarters are located outside its jurisdiction. Aberdeen itself forms a different council area (Aberdeen City). Aberdeenshire borders onto Angus and Perth and Kinross to the south, Highland and Moray to the west and Aberdeen City to the east.

Traditionally, it has depended economically on the primary sector (agriculture, fishing, and forestry) and related processing industries. Over the last 40 years, the development of the oil and gas industry and associated service sector has broadened Aberdeenshire's economic base, and contributed to a rapid population growth of some 50% since 1975.^[2] Its land represents 8% of Scotland's overall territory. It covers an area of 6,313 square kilometres (2,437 sq mi).^[3]^[4]

^ Land Register Counties & Operational Dates Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Aberdeenshire Council – Profile 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
^ "Aberdeenshire profile" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
^ Turner, Barry, ed. (2013). "Scotland". The Statesman's Yearbook 2014. Macmillan Publishers Ltd. p. 1301. ISBN 978-0-230-37769-1.

[1] Land Register Counties & Operational Dates Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine

[Aberdeenshire_Profile_2012-2] "Aberdeenshire Council – Profile 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2014. Retrieved 11 July 2012.

[3] "Aberdeenshire profile" (PDF). Aberdeenshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 9 October 2013.

[Turner-4] Turner, Barry, ed. (2013). "Scotland". The Statesman's Yearbook 2014. Macmillan Publishers Ltd. p. 1301. ISBN 978-0-230-37769-1.

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