Moray
§ This page gives an overview of the Moray local authority district, bringing together key facts, maps, and data to help you quickly understand the area. One of 361 district profiles on Baseview.
Overview ⁞ Moray is located in northeast Scotland, famous for its whisky distilleries along the Speyside region, sandy beaches, and RAF Lossiemouth. Elgin is its administrative centre, and the economy blends food production, defence, and tourism.
The administrative boundary of Moray can be viewed on OpenStreetMap: District Boundary of Moray.
Key Facts about Moray
What region is Moray in? Moray is in Scotland, a statistical region and also a country in United Kingdom.
Is Moray a city? No, Moray is not a city. (Note: the UK has 76 officially designated cities.)
Who governs Moray? The local government for this district is: The Moray Council (Scotland Council Area).
▶ Official website of The Moray Council 🔗 moray.gov.uk
Which police force covers Moray? Policing in Moray is provided by Police Scotland 🔗 scotland.police.uk, which covers the whole of Scotland.
Constituencies in Moray
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 Moray
Moray is divided into 8 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Buckie
- Elgin City North
- Elgin City South
- Fochabers Lhanbryde
- Forres
- Heldon and Laich
- Keith and Cullen
- Speyside Glenlivet
In the UK, a ward is a subdivision of a local authority area, used mainly for electoral and statistical purposes. Defined by the ONS, wards represent the primary unit for local elections, each returning one or more councillors to the local council. Wards are also used as a key geography for presenting population and census data.
Built-up Areas in Moray
Moray covers 28 built-up areas, listed below in alphabetical order.
- Buckie
- Burghead
- Charlestown of Aberlour
- Craigellachie
- Cullen
- Denhead
- Dufftown
- Duffus
- Elgin
- Findhorn
- Findochty
- Fochabers
- Fogwatt
- Forres
- Garmouth
- Hopeman
- Keith
- Kinloss
- Lhanbryde
- Lochhill
- Longmorn
- Lossiemouth
- Mosstodloch
- Nether Dallachy
- Portgordon
- Portknockie
- Rothes
- Tomintoul
In the UK, a Built-up Area (BUA) is a continuous urban area of at least 20 hectares (0.2 km²), defined by the ONS as land where buildings are generally no more than 200 metres apart, such as towns, cities, or large villages. (Note: A BUA name marked with an asterisk (*) indicates that the area is situated partly in the district of Moray.)