The Mairches

The Mairches (Inglis: Scottish Borders; Scots Gaelic: Na Crìochan) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It is bordered bi Dumfries an Gallowa til the wast; Sooth Lanrikshire an Wast Lowden til the nor-wast; Ceety o Edinburgh, East Lowden an Midlowden til the north; an the non-metropolitan coonties o Northumberland an Cumbria (in Ingland) til the sooth an east. The administrative centre o the region is Newtown St Boswells.

The Mairches Crìochan na h-Alba Scottish Borders
Official logo of The MairchesCrìochan na h-AlbaScottish Borders
Coordinates: 55°21′36″N 2°29′24″W
Admin HQ	Newtown St Boswells
Govrenment
• Bodi	The Mairches Cooncil
• Control	Con + Ind (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	John Lamont (Conservative – Berwickshire, Roxburgh an Selkirk) David Mundell (Conservative – Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale an Tweeddale)
• MSPs	Christine Grahame (SNP – Midlowden Sooth, Tweeddale an Lauderdale) Rachael Hamilton (Conservative – Ettrick, Roxburgh an Berwickshire)
Area
• Total	4,731 km2 (1,827 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 6th
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	114,500
• Rank	Rankit 18th
• Density	24/km2 (60/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000026
ISO 3166 code	GB-SCB
Website	www.scotborders.gov.uk

Historically, the name Scots Borders designatit the hale border region o soothren Scotland an, thegither wi neeborin regions o Ingland, wis pairt o the historical Borders region.

Mucklest touns

• Cauldstream
• Gallae
• Hawick
• Jethart
• Kelsae
• Selkirk

Scottish Borders Council

Cooncil areas o Scotland

Ceity o Aiberdeen | Aiberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll an Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries an Gallowa | Ceetie o Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lowden | East Renfrewshire | Edinburgh | Fawkirk | Fife | Ceetie o Glesga | Hieland | Inverclyde | The Mairches | Midlowden | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanrikshire | Orkney | Perth an Kinross | Renfrewshire | Shetland | Sooth Ayrshire | Sooth Lanrikshire | Stirlin | Wast Dunbartonshire | Wast Lowden | The Waster Isles