Aberdeenshire

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Region: Scotland
Country: Scotland

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

Aberdeenshire surrounds Aberdeen City and stretches along the North Sea coast and into the Grampian Mountains. It is known for its castles, whisky distilleries, and fishing ports, with agriculture, tourism, and energy services forming key parts of the economy.

The local government for this district is: Aberdeenshire Council (Scotland Council Area).

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 ‘council areas’ (Scottish Gaelic: comhairlean), each administered by a single-tier authority known simply as a council.

This district page, Aberdeenshire, is a sub-page of this region page: Scotland. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Aberdeenshire

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 57 of them are in Scotland. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is divided into 19 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Aboyne, Upper Deeside and Donside
  • Banchory and Mid Deeside
  • Banff and District
  • Central Buchan
  • East Garioch
  • Ellon and District
  • Fraserburgh and District
  • Huntly, Strathbogie and Howe of Alford
  • Inverurie and District
  • Mearns
  • Mid Formartine
  • North Kincardine
  • Peterhead North and Rattray
  • Peterhead South and Cruden
  • Stonehaven and Lower Deeside
  • Troup
  • Turriff and District
  • West Garioch
  • Westhill and District

Aberdeenshire in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Aberdeenshire is within an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) Scotland
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ North Eastern Scotland
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in Scotland