Highland

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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.

Highland is Scotland’s largest council area by land, covering vast mountain ranges, lochs, and coastal landscapes. Tourism, renewable energy, and agriculture dominate the economy. Inverness is the main city and a gateway to the Highlands.

The local government for this district is: The Highland 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, Highland, 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 Highland

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 Highland

Highland is divided into 21 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Aird and Loch Ness
  • Badenoch and Strathspey
  • Black Isle
  • Caol and Mallaig
  • Cromarty Firth
  • Culloden and Ardersier
  • Dingwall and Seaforth
  • East Sutherland and Edderton
  • Eilean á Chèo
  • Fort William and Ardnamurchan
  • Inverness Central
  • Inverness Millburn
  • Inverness Ness-side
  • Inverness South
  • Inverness West
  • Nairn and Cawdor
  • North, West and Central Sutherland
  • Tain and Easter Ross
  • Thurso and Northwest Caithness
  • Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh
  • Wick and East Caithness

Highland in International Geographies

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

  1. (ITL 1) Scotland
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Highlands and Islands
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Highlands and Islands

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