East Ayrshire

East Ayrshire
*Aest Ayrshire*
*Siorrachd Àir an Ear*
East Ayrshire; Aest Ayrshire; Siorrachd Àir an Ear
	Coat airms
Admin HQ	London Road, Kilmarnock
Govrenment
• Bodi	East Ayrshire Cooncil; http://www.east-ayrshire.gov.uk/
• Control	SNP minority (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	Alan Brown; Bill Grant;
• MSPs	Willie Coffey; Jeane Freeman;
Area
• Total	1,262 km2 (487 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 14th
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	122,200
• Rank	Rankit 16th
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000008
ISO 3166 code	GB-EAY

Coordinates: 55°30′N 4°18′W / 55.5°N 4.3°W / 55.5; -4.3

East Ayrshire, spelt Eist Ayrshire an Aest Ayrshire anaw (Scots Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir an Ear), is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It haes mairches wi North Ayrshire, Sooth Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Sooth Lanrikshire, an Dumfries an Gallowa.

Alang wi Sooth Ayrshire an the mainland bits o North Ayrshire, it furm'd the umwhyl coontie o Ayrshire. The cooncil area wis shapit in 1996, frae the umwhyl Kilmarnock an Loudoun an Cumnock an Doon Valley destriks.

Touns an veilages

The mukkilest toun in East Ayrshire is Kilmarnock, whilk is the cooncil area's heidsteid. Ither mukkil touns bes Cumnock, New Cumnock an Stewarton.

Steids o interest

Cooncil areas o Scotland

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