Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders
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Scottish Borders shown within Scotland | |
| Coordinates: 55°21′36″N 2°29′24″W / 55.36000°N 2.49000°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Lieutenancy areas | |
| Unitary authority | 1 April 1996 |
| Administrative HQ | Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council |
| • Body | Scottish Borders Council |
| • Control | No overall control |
| • MPs | 2 MPs
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| • MSPs | 2 MSPs |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,827 sq mi (4,732 km2) |
| • Rank | 6th |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 116,980 |
| • Rank | 17th |
| • Density | 65/sq mi (25/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-SCB |
| GSS code | S12000026 |
| Website | scotborders |
The Scottish Borders (Scottish Gaelic: Crìochan na h-Alba; Scots: The Mairches), often shortened to the Borders within Scotland, is one of the country's 32 council areas. It is bordered by West Lothian, Edinburgh, Midlothian, and East Lothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, South Lanarkshire to the west, and the English ceremonial counties of Cumbria and Northumberland to the south. The area's largest settlement is Galashiels; its administrative centre is Newtown St Boswells.
The term "Scottish Borders" is also used for the areas of southern Scotland and northern England that bound the Anglo-Scottish border, namely Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders, Northumberland, and Cumbria. The council area occupies approximately the same area as the historic shires of Berwickshire, Peeblesshire, Roxburghshire, and Selkirkshire.