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Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland
Scotland

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, and a lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
, Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of Council Areas of Scotland in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire , Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling , Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas....
 and the Dundee City. Main industries include agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 and fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
.

Angus was historically a county
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
 (known officially as Forfarshire until 1928) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside
Tayside

Tayside was a local government Region of Scotland from May 15 1975 to March 31 1996. It was created by the Local Government Act 1973 following recommendations made by the 1969 Wheatley Report which attempted to replace the mishmash of counties, cities, burghs and districts, with a uniform two-tier system of regional and district councils...
 Region. In 1996 the region was abolished and Angus was established as a unitary authority
Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
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Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
, and a lieutenancy area
Lieutenancy areas of Scotland

The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland are the areas used for the ceremonial Lord Lieutenant, the British monarch's representatives, in Scotland. They are different from the local government of Scotland council areas, the committee areas, the sheriffdoms, the registration counties, the former Regions and districts of Scotland, the former counties...
. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland.In this present day Aberdeenshire does not include Aberdeen City which is a Council Area in its own right....
, Perth and Kinross
Perth and Kinross

Perth and Kinross is one of Council Areas of Scotland in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire , Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling , Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas....
 and the Dundee City. Main industries include agriculture
Agriculture

Agriculture refers to the production of food and goods through farming and forestry. Agriculture was the key development that led to the rise of civilization, with the animal husbandry of domestication animals and plants creating food surpluses that enabled the development of more Population density and Social stratification societies....
 and fishing
Fishing

Fishing is the activity of catching fish. Fishing techniques include Fish net, Fish trap, Spearfishing, angling and Gathering seafood by hand. The term fishing may be applied to catching other aquatic animals such as different types of shellfish, squid, octopus, turtles, Edible frog and some edible marine invertebrates....
.

Angus was historically a county
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
 (known officially as Forfarshire until 1928) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside
Tayside

Tayside was a local government Region of Scotland from May 15 1975 to March 31 1996. It was created by the Local Government Act 1973 following recommendations made by the 1969 Wheatley Report which attempted to replace the mishmash of counties, cities, burghs and districts, with a uniform two-tier system of regional and district councils...
 Region. In 1996 the region was abolished and Angus was established as a unitary authority
Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
. The former county had borders with Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire

The County of Kincardine, also known as Kincardineshire or The Mearns was a Local government of Scotland Counties of Scotland on the coast of northeast Scotland....
 to the north-east, county of Aberdeenshire
Aberdeenshire (historic)

Aberdeenshire or the County of Aberdeen is a registration county of Scotland. This area is also a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland.Until 1975 Aberdeenshire was one of the counties of Scotland, governed by a county council from 1890....
 to the north and Perthshire
Perthshire

Perthshire , officially the County of Perth, is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle, Scotland in the south....
 to the west. Southwards, it faced Fife
Fife

Fife is a council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire....
 across the Firth of Tay
Firth of Tay

The Firth of Tay is a firth in Scotland between the council areas of Fife, Perth and Kinross, the City of Dundee and Angus, into which Scotland's largest river in terms of flow, the River Tay, empties....
.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency for the UK Parliament
Angus (UK Parliament constituency)

Angus is a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It was created for the United Kingdom general election, 1997, largely replacing East Angus ....
 and the area is also represented at the Scottish Parlaiment by both the Angus
Angus (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Angus is a United Kingdom constituencies of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament by the first past the post method of election....
 and North Tayside Holyrood constituencies.

The area can be split into three geographic areas. To the north and west, the topography
Topography

Topography is the study of Earth's surface shape and features or those ofplanets, Natural satellite, and asteroids. It is also the description of such surface shapes and features ....
 is mountainous. This is the area of the five Angus Glens. The area is sparsely populated and the main industry is hill-farming. In the south and east, the topography consists of rolling hills bordering the sea. The area is well populated, with the larger towns and the City of Dundee on the coast. In between these two areas lies Strathmore
Strathmore, Angus and Perth & Kinross

Strathmore is a strath in east central Scotland running from northeast to southwest between the Grampian Mountains mountains and the Sidlaw Hills....
, the Great Valley, a fertile agricultural area, noted for potatoes, Angus cattle
Angus cattle

Angus cattle is a term that refers, in much of the world , to either or both of two types of naturally hornless cattle. Since the 1950s, these types have been regarded in the United States as separate breeds; they are:...
 and soft fruit.

Towns and villages


Towns

  • Arbroath
    Arbroath

    Arbroath or Aberbrothock is a former royal burgh and the largest town in the Subdivisions of Scotland of Angus in Scotland, and has a population of 22,785....
     -- largest town
  • Brechin
    Brechin

    Brechin is a former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. Traditionally Brechin is often described as a city because of its cathedral and its status as the seat of a pre-Scottish Reformation Roman Catholic diocese , however this status was never officially recognised....
  • Carnoustie
    Carnoustie

    Carnoustie is a town and former police burgh in the subdivisions of Scotland of Angus, Scotland. It is situated at the mouth of the Barry, Angus Burn on the North Sea coast....
  • Forfar
    Forfar

    Forfar is a town and former royal burgh of approximately 13,500 people, located in the unitary authority of Angus in Scotland. It is the administrative centre of Angus and was the capital of the former county of Angus ....
     -- county town and administrative centre
  • Monifieth
    Monifieth

    Monifieth is a town and former police burgh in the subdivisions of Scotland of Angus, Scotland....
  • Montrose
    Montrose, Angus

    Montrose is a coastal resort town and former royal burgh in Angus, Scotland. It is situated 38 miles north east of Dundee between the mouths of the North and South Esk rivers....

Villages

  • Aberlemno
    Aberlemno

    Aberlemno is a parish and small village in the Scotland council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD ; the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage....
  • Arbirlot
    Arbirlot

    Arbirlot is a village in a rural parish of the same name in Angus, Scotland. The current name is a contraction of Aberelliot - mouth of the Elliot....
  • Auchmithie
    Auchmithie

    Auchmithie is a fishing village in Angus, Scotland, three miles north east of the town of Arbroath. It sits atop a red sandstone cliff, approximately 120 feet above a shingle beach which contains an unusual amount of jasper....
  • Bridge of Craigisla
    Bridge of Craigisla

    Bridge of Craigisla is a hamlet in Angus, Scotland. The bridge crosses the River Isla, Perthshire. This settlement lies along the B954 road....
  • Carmyllie
    Carmyllie

    Carmyllie is a rural parish in Angus, Scotland. It is situated on high ground between Arbroath, on the coast, and the inland county town of Forfar....
  • Dunnichen
    Dunnichen

    Dunnichen is a small village in Angus, situated between Letham, Angus and Forfar. It is close to Dunnichen Hill, at which the battle of Dunnichen was fought....
  • Edzell
    Edzell

    Edzell is a village in Angus, Scotland. It is located 5 miles north of Brechin, by the River North Esk. Edzell is a Georgian era-era planned town, with a broad main street and a grid system of side streets....
  • Farnell
    Farnell, Angus

    Farnell, Angus is a village in Angus, Scotland....
  • Friockheim
    Friockheim

    Friockheim is a village in Angus, Scotland dating from 1848....
  • Glamis
    Glamis

    Glamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located four miles south of Kirriemuir and five miles southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon....
  • Guthrie
    Guthrie, Angus

    Guthrie is a village in Angus, Scotland. The principal building in the village is Guthrie Castle, which has its own public golf course and is a popular venue for events such as markets, parties and weddings....
  • Inverkeilor
    Inverkeilor

    Inverkeilor is a village and parish in Angus, Scotland. It lies near the North Sea coast, midway between Arbroath and Montrose, Angus. The A92 road now bypasses the village....
  • Kingsmuir
    Kingsmuir

    Kingsmuir is a small village in Angus, just outside Forfar on the B9128....
  • Kirriemuir
    Kirriemuir

    Kirriemuir, sometimes called Kirrie, is a burgh in Angus, Scotland. Though its importance as a market town has diminished, its former jute factories echo its past importance in the 19th century as the centre of a home weaving industry....
  • Letham
    Letham, Angus

    Letham is a village in Angus, Scotland.Letham is the largest village in Angus, with a population of nearly 2000. Situated 17 miles from Dundee, 5 miles from Forfar, 10 miles from Arbroath and 10 miles from Carnoustie....
  • Newbigging
    Newbigging, Angus

    Newbigging, Angus is a village in Angus, Scotland. The name "Newbigging" originally referred to a "new bigging" or "new cottar town" . The village is roughly two miles north of Monifieth and east of Dundee, Scotland's fourth City....
  • Newtyle
    Newtyle

    Newtyle is a village in the west of Angus, Scotland.It lies 11 miles to the north of Dundee in the south west of Strathmore, between Hatton Hill and Newtyle in the Sidlaws....
  • Memus
    Memus

    Memus is a small village in Angus, Scotland, north of Kirriemuir. It is home to the legendary Drovers Pub. A story is told of a Kelpie at Shielhill Bridge, leaving its cloven hoofprint behind on a stone as a Petrosomatoglyph....
  • Menmuir
    Menmuir

    Menmuir is a parish in Angus in Scotland.Kirkton of Menmuir consists of only three houses but around 250 people live in the area and the community hall is well used....
  • Monikie
    Monikie

    Monikie is a village in Angus, Scotland. Its population as of 1991 is 479. Monikie is the northernmost parish of the Presbytery of Dundee.It is the location of Affleck Castle, formerly Auchinleck Castle which stands slightly to the north of the middle of the parish a double tower built on high ground....
  • Murroes
    Murroes

    Murroes is a village and parish in Angus, Scotland. The village lies 3 miles north of Dundee city centre. The parish church was built in 1848. Ballumbie House, and Powrie Castle, and Wedderburn Castle castles are within the parish....
  • St Vigeans
    St Vigeans

    St Vigeans is a small village and parish in Angus, Scotland. Originally rural, it is now more or less a suburb of the town of Arbroath. The name St Vigeans is derived from Vigeanus, a Latinised form of the Old Irish name F?ich?n....
  • Tealing
    Tealing

    Tealing is a village in Angus in eastern Scotland, nestled at the foot of the Sidlaw Hills. It is just north of the city of Dundee and south of Forfar....
  • Unthank


Places of interest

  • Aberlemno Sculptured Stones
    Aberlemno

    Aberlemno is a parish and small village in the Scotland council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD ; the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage....
     (Pictish
    Picts

    The Picts were a confederation of tribes in what was later to become eastern and northern Scotland from Roman Empire times until the 10th century....
     symbols)
  • Angus Folk Museum, Glamis
    Glamis

    Glamis is a small village in Angus, Scotland, located four miles south of Kirriemuir and five miles southwest of Forfar. It is the location of Glamis Castle, the childhood home of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon....
  • Arbroath Abbey
    Arbroath Abbey

    Arbroath Abbey, in the scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by William I of Scotland for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey....
    , place of signing of the Declaration of Arbroath
    Declaration of Arbroath

    The Declaration of Arbroath was a declaration of Scottish independence, and set out to confirm Scotland's status as an Independence, Sovereignty state and its use of military action when unjustly attacked....
  • Brechin Cathedral
    Brechin Cathedral

    The cathedral church of the Holy Trinity in Brechin, Scotland, belongs to the 13th century. It is in the Pointed style, but suffered maltreatment in 1806 at the hands of restorers, whose work, however, disappeared during the restoration completed in 1902....
  • Brechin Castle
    Brechin Castle

    Brechin Castle is a castle located in Brechin, Angus, Scotland. The castle is the seat of the Earl of Dalhousie, who is the Scottish clan of Clan Maule of Panmure in Angus, and Clan Ramsay of Dalhousie in Midlothian....
  • Brechin Round Tower
  • Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
    Caledonian Railway (Brechin)

    The Caledonian Steam Railway Ltd is a private limited company formed by a group of steam railway enthusiasts, the Brechin Railway Preservation Society, with the object of operating a railway service on the former Caledonian Railway line between Brechin, Angus and Montrose, Angus, Angus, Scotland....
  • Cairngorms National Park
    Cairngorms National Park

    The Cairngorms National Park is a national park in north east Scotland, established in 2003. It was the second of National parks of Scotland established by the Scottish Parliament, after Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, set up in 2002....
  • Carnlochan NNR - National Nature Reserve
    National Nature Reserve

    National nature reserve is a United Kingdom government conservation designation for a nature reserve of national significance for biological or earth science interest....
  • Eassie Stone
    Eassie Stone

    The Eassie Stone is a carved Pictish stone at the village of Eassie, Angus, Scotland. An analysis of the inscriptions by C. Michael Hogan shows the stone postdates the year 601 AD....
  • Edzell Castle
    Edzell Castle

    Edzell Castle is a ruined 16th century castle, with an early 17th century walled garden. It is located close to Edzell, and is around north of Brechin, in Angus, Scotland....
  • Glamis Castle
    Glamis Castle

    Glamis Castle is situated beside the village of Glamis in Angus, Scotland. It is the home of the Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, and is open to the public....
  • House of Dun
    House of Dun

    House of Dun, together with the adjacent Montrose Basin nature reserve, is a National Trust for Scotland property in Angus, Scotland.The Dun Estate was home to the Erskine family from 1375 until 1980....
  • Loch of Kinnordy Nature Reserve
  • The Meffem Museum and Art Gallery (Forfar)
  • Monboddo House
    Monboddo House

    Monboddo House is a historically famous mansion in Kincardineshire, Scotland. The structure was generally associated with the Burnett of Leys family....
  • Montrose Basin
    Montrose Basin

    The Montrose Basin is part of the estuary of the River Esk, Angus forming a tidal basin near to the town of Montrose, Angus, Angus, on the north-east coast of Scotland....
     Nature Reserve
  • Montrose Museum


Council political composition


 PartyCouncillors
 Scottish National Party
Scottish National Party

The Scottish National Party is a centre-left List of Scottish political parties which campaigns for Scottish independence. In the last few decades, the SNP has normally polled the second highest number of votes for a Scottish political parties in Scotland....
13
 Independent
Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
6
 Conservative5
 Liberal Democrat
Scottish Liberal Democrats

The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the Federation structure of the Liberal Democrats; the others being the Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Liberal Democrats parties....
3
 Labour
Scottish Labour Party

Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
2


The council is currently controlled by the Angus Alliance which comprises a coalition of Independent
Independent (politician)

In politics, an independent is a politician who is not affiliated with any political party. Independents may hold a Centrism viewpoint between those of major political parties, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do not feel that any major party addresses....
/Conservative/Liberal Democrat
Scottish Liberal Democrats

The Scottish Liberal Democrats are one of the three state parties within the Federation structure of the Liberal Democrats; the others being the Liberal Democrats and the Welsh Liberal Democrats parties....
 & Labour
Scottish Labour Party

Scottish Labour, often described as the Scottish Labour Party, is that part of the Labour Party which operates in Scotland. It is historically the largest List of political parties in Scotland in modern Politics of Scotland, having won the largest share of the vote in Scotland at every UK general election since the 1960's, every Europe...
 councillors.

See also

  • Earl of Angus
    Earl of Angus

    The Mormaer or Earl of Angus was the ruler of the medieval Scottish province of Angus. The title, in the Peerage of Scotland, is currently held by the Duke of Hamilton....
  • List of pre-1975 counties of Scotland


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