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This is a list of counties in Scotland, ordered by area as at the 1951 census.

Rank County Area
1 Inverness-shire 2,695,094 acres (10,907 km)
2 Argyllshire 1,990,521 acres (8,055 km)
3 Ross and Cromarty 1,977,248 acres (8,002 km)
4 Perthshire 1,595,804 acres (6,458 km)
5 Sutherland 1,297,913 acres (5,252 km)
6 Aberdeenshire 1,263,300 acres (5,112 km)
7 Ayrshire 724,232 acres (2,931 km)
8 Dumfriesshire 688,111 acres (2,785 km)
9 Kirkcudbrightshire 574,024 acres (2,323 km)
10 Angus 546,775 acres (2,213 km)
11 Lanarkshire 535,862 acres (2,169 km)
12 Caithness 438,833 acres (1,776 km)
13 Roxburghshire 425,564 acres (1,722 km)
14 Banffshire 403,054 acres (1,631 km)
15 Zetland 352,337 acres (1,426 km)
16 Fife 322,778 acres (1,306 km)
17 Wigtownshire 311,983 acres (1,263 km)
18 Moray 304,931 acres (1,234 km)
19 Berwickshire 292,535 acres (1,184 km)
20 Stirlingshire 288,349 acres (1,167 km)
21 Kincardineshire 242,460 acres (981 km)
22 Orkney 240,848 acres (975 km)
23 Peeblesshire 222,240 acres (899 km)
24 Midlothian 201,922 acres (817 km)
25 Selkirkshire 171,209 acres (693 km)
26 East Lothian 170,971 acres (692 km)
27 Dunbartonshire 154,362 acres (625 km)
28 Renfrewshire 143,829 acres (582 km)
29 Bute 139,711 acres (565 km)
30 Nairnshire 104,251 acres (422 km)
31 West Lothian 76,859 acres (311 km)
32 Kinross-shire 52,392 acres (212 km)
33 Clackmannanshire 34,938 acres (141 km)
Total Scotland 18,985,354 acres (76,831 km)

Cities

Rank County Area
1 Glasgow City 34,647 acres (140 km)
2 Edinburgh City 32,415 acres (131 km)
3 Dundee City 12,229 acres (49 km)
4 Aberdeen City

See also

Notes and references

  1. Vision of Britain - 1951 Census of Scotland: County Report
  2. ^ Perth and Kinross were administered as a "combined county" from 1930-1975.
  3. ^ Moray and Nairn were administered as a "combined county" from 1930-1975.
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