North Ayrshire Sìorrachd Inbhir Air a Tuath
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 17th
- Total	885 km2 (342 sq mi)
- % Water	?
Admin HQ	Irvine
ISO 3166-2	GB-NAY
ONS code	00QY
Demographics
Population	Ranked 15th
- Total (2008)	135,900
- Density	154 /km2 (399 /sq mi)
Politics
North Ayrshire Council http://www.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/
Control	Labour (minority control)
MPs	Katy Clark Brian Donohoe
MSPs	Irene Oldfather Kenneth Gibson

North Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath, pronounced [ʃir̴əxɡ̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ ə t̪uə]) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the areas of Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire to the north east, and East Ayrshire, and South Ayrshire to the East and South respectively.

The area was created in 1996 as a successor to the district of Cunninghame which covered exactly the same boundaries. The mainland portion of the council area has historically been part of a greater County of Ayr, however it also contains the islands of Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae in the lower Firth of Clyde. All the islands were previously in the County of Bute.

Contents 1 Towns and villages 1.1 Mainland 1.2 Arran 1.3 The Cumbraes 2 Education 2.1 Secondary Schools In North Ayrshire 3 Places of Interest 4 External links

[edit] Towns and villages

[edit] Mainland

Ardrossan Barrmill Benslie Bourtreehill Beith Chapeltoun Cunninghamhead Dalry Dreghorn Fairlie Fergushill Gateside, North Ayrshire Girdle Toll

Hessilhead Irvine Kilbirnie Kilwinning Largs Perceton Portencross Saltcoats Seamill Skelmorlie Springside Stevenston West Kilbride

[edit] Arran

• Brodick
• Blackwaterfoot
• Lamlash
• Lochranza

[edit] The Cumbraes

• Millport

[edit] Education

[edit] Secondary Schools In North Ayrshire

• Ardrossan Academy, Ardrossan
• St Andrew's Academy, Saltcoats (merged to form St Matthew's Academy)
• Kilwinning Academy, Kilwinning
• St Michael's Academy, Kilwinning (merged to form St Matthew's Academy)
• Greenwood Academy, Irvine
• Irvine Royal Academy, Irvine
• Auchenharvie Academy, Stevenston
• Largs Academy, Largs
• St Matthew's Academy, Saltcoats
• Garnock Academy
• Arran High School, Lamlash

[edit] Places of Interest

• Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park
• Eglinton Country Park, Irvine
• Eglinton Tournament Bridge

[edit] External links

• North Ayrshire at the Open Directory Project

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