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Aberdeenshire Council is the local authority for Aberdeenshire, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. The council has been under no overall control since its creation in 1996. It is based at Woodhill House , which is outside its own territory in the neighbouring Aberdeen City council area.
The Gordon District Council was granted a coat of arms by Lord Lyon King of Arms on 9 June 1986. The first quarter of the shield showed three gold boars' heads on a blue ground, the arms of the Gordon family, from whom the district's name was derived. The Gordon arms had formed one quarter of the arms of Aberdeenshire County Council. Boars ...
Aberdeenshire has a rich prehistoric and historical heritage. It is the locus of a large number of Neolithic and Bronze Age archaeological sites, including Longman Hill, Kempstone Hill, Catto Long Barrow and Cairn Lee. The area was settled in the Bronze Age by the Beaker culture, who arrived from the south around 2000–1800 BC. [7]
The AB postcode area, also known as the Aberdeen postcode area [2] is a group of 33 postcode districts in north-east Scotland, within 24 post towns.These cover the Aberdeen council area (including the city of Aberdeen, Milltimber and Peterculter), Aberdeenshire (including Banff, Macduff, Fraserburgh, Peterhead, Ellon, Turriff, Huntly, Insch, Inverurie, Westhill, Alford, Strathdon, Ballater ...
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[1] [2] [3] Aberdeenshire County Council acquired the old house and its estate as a potential site for new offices in 1967. [ 4 ] The current building was commissioned by Grampian Regional Council , which was established in 1975, to be its headquarters.
The successor Aberdeenshire Council established a number of area committees to discuss local matters. One is called Banff and Buchan, but covers a smaller area than the pre-1996 district. The committee area just covers the wards of Banff and District , Fraserburgh and District and Troup . [ 16 ]
Kincardine and Mearns is one of six area committees of the Aberdeenshire council area in Scotland. It has a population of 38,506 (2001 Census). It has a population of 38,506 (2001 Census). There are significant natural features in this district including rivers , forests , mountains and bogs (known locally as mosses ).