Moray

Moray (pronounced Murray, Scottish Gaelic Moireibh or Moireabh, latin Moravia) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland. The Moray council area was established in 1975; see History of the subdivisions of Scotland and History of local government in Scotland. The Moray council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the former Moray district of the two-tier Grampian region. Local government districts had their own directly elected councils. Therefore, they were said to be part of a two-tier system of local government. This was abolished by...