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304,606 acres(1233 km&2)
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Elgin
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MOR
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(''Moireibh'' in
Gaelic ) is one of the
Registration Counties of
Scotland , bordering
Nairnshire to the west,
Inverness-shire to the south, and
Banffshire to the east. It was formerly in use as a
Local Government County until 1975, when
Elgin was the
County Town .
Prior to 1889 here were two large detached portions of Moray situated locally in Inverness-shire, and a corresponding part of Inverness-shire situated locally in Moray. With the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 these parts were merged into the areas in which they locally lay. The county was officially called , or informally ''''Morayshire'''' (see
Scotlandshire ), sharing the name of the
Elginshire Parliamentary Constituency , so named since 1708.
In 1975, under the
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 , most of the county was combined with
Aberlour ,
Buckie ,
Cullen ,
Dufftown ,
Findochty ,
Keith and
Portknockie areas of the county of
Banffshire to form the Moray district of the
Grampian Region .
Grantown-on-Spey and
Cromdale areas were combined with
Kingussie and
Badenoch areas of the county of
Inverness-shire to form the
Badenoch And Strathspey district of the
Highland region.
The registration county, for property, is 'County of Moray', and a slightly smaller area, also based on the former county, is a
Lieutenancy Area named 'Moray'.
