Angus

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This article is about the council area in Scotland. For other uses, see Angus (disambiguation).

Angus Council Aonghas
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Location

Geography
Area	Ranked 10th
- Total	2,182 km²
- % Water	{{{Water}}}
Admin HQ	Forfar
ISO 3166-2	GB-ANS
ONS code	00QC
Demographics
Population	Ranked 19th
- Total (2006 )	109,300
- Density	50 /km² (130 /sq mi)
Politics
Angus Council http://www.angus.gov.uk/
Control	Independent/Conservative/Liberal Democrat/Labour
MPs	Stewart Hosie, SNP James McGovern, Labour Michael Weir, SNP
MSPs	Andrew Welsh, SNP John Swinney, SNP

Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area. The council area borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the Dundee City. Main industries include agriculture and fishing.

Angus was historically a county (known officially as Forfarshire until 1928) until 1975 when it became a district of the Tayside Region. In 1996 the region was abolished and Angus was established as a unitary authority. The former county had borders with Kincardineshire to the north-east, county of Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west. Southwards, it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency and Angus Holyrood constituency.

The area can be split into three geographic areas. To the north and west, the topography is mountainous. This is the area of the five Angus Glens. The area is sparsely populated and the main industry is hill-farming. In the south and east, the topography consists of rolling hills bordering the sea. The area is well populated, with the larger towns and the City of Dundee on the coast. In between these two areas lies Strathmore, the Great Valley, a fertile agricultural area, noted for potatoes, Angus cattle and soft fruit.

1 Towns and villages
2 Places of interest
3 Council political composition
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Towns and villages

Aberlemno
Arbirlot
Arbroath -- largest town
Auchmithie
Brechin
Bridge of Craigisla
Carmyllie
Carnoustie
Dunnichen
Edzell
Farnell
Forfar -- county town and administrative centre
Friockheim
Glamis
Guthrie
Inverkeilor
Kingsmuir
Kirriemuir
Letham
Newbigging
Newtyle
Memus
Menmuir
Monifieth
Monikie
Montrose
Murroes
St Vigeans
Tealing
Unthank

County of Angus until circa 1890
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Geography
Area - Total	Ranked 11th 568,750 acres (2302 km²)
County town	Forfar
Chapman code	ANS

[edit] Places of interest

Aberlemno Sculptured Stones (Pictish symbols)
Angus Folk Museum, Glamis
Arbroath Abbey, place of signing of the Declaration of Arbroath^[1]
Brechin Cathedral
Brechin Castle
Brechin Round Tower
Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
Cairngorms National Park
Carnlochan NNR - National Nature Reserve
Eassie Stone^[2]
Edzell Castle^[3]
Glamis Castle^[4]
House of Dun
Loch of Kinnordy Nature Reserve
The Meffem Museum and Art Gallery (Forfar)
Monboddo House
Montrose Basin Nature Reserve

[edit] Council political composition

	Party	Councillors
	Scottish National Party	13
	Independent	6
	Conservative	5
	Liberal Democrat	3
	Labour	2

The council is currently controlled by the Angus Alliance which composes of a coalition of Independent/Conservative/Liberal Democrat & Labour councillors. [1]