Municipality:Moray

Moray
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The municipality Moray in the region of Scotland
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Coat of arms of Moray
CountryUnited Kingdom Flag of the United Kingdom.png
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Number of zones468
Maximum PPH657
Last updated2022-05-31


Moray is a municipality in the region of Scotland in United Kingdom. The municipality has about 95,000 inhabitants and is located in the northeastern part of the region.

Moray (Scots: Moray; Scottish Gaelic: Moreibh) is one of Scotland's 32 council areas. It was historically part of the county of Banffshire and formerly part of the Grampian region.

Location

Moray is located in the north east of Scotland with coastline on the Moray Firth.

The municipality borders Aberdeenshire to the east and south, and Highland to the west.

Main towns

Elgin is the main town of Moray and accounted for around 25% of the population of Moray in the 2011 census.

Other towns include Forres, Keith, Lossiemouth, Fochabers, Aberlour and Dufftown.

Zones

There are 468 turf zones in the municipality of Moray, one of which is a water zone, five train station zones, eleven monument zones, 20 holy zones, 24 bridge zones, three castle zones and fourteenruin zones.

The most taken zone is SpeysideHigh located on the basketball court at Speyside High School, Aberlour.

Year in parentheses indicates year of creation.

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Malt Whisky Trail

Moray, and particularly the Speyside region, is home to the largest concentration of malt whisky distilleries in Scotland. The following zones are placed at or near distilleries.

Hilltop zones


Speyside Way Zones

The Speyside Way is a long distance walking / cycling route which is 137 km long and runs from Newtonmore in Highland to Buckie in Moray. The following zones are on the Speyside Way. Some zones are difficult to take because of poor mobile phone signal in the area.

Other Zones


Updated: 2022-05-31

External links

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