Settlements - Scotland

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19 June 2024
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Summary

Settlements of Scotland are built-up areas which round to 500 people or more.

Statistics produced from this geography can be used to help understand the demographics of local communities.

National Records of Scotland (NRS), produces 2 datasets which are designed to show the boundaries of urban areas in Scotland: these datasets are Settlements and Localities.

Further details on settlements and localities, including the methodology, can be found in the Special Area Population Estimates: Settlements and Localities section of the NRS website.

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National Records of Scotland website N/A 19 June 2024 Not available
Settlement Boundaries 2020 ZIP 19 June 2024 Not available
NRS:SettlementBoundaries N/A 19 June 2024 Not available
SettlementBoundaries N/A 19 June 2024 Not available

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Added to data.gov.uk
2023-07-11
Access contraints
The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
Harvest GUID
e457f123-09df-4d67-ac81-d7bb2e470499
Extent
Latitude: 60.87° to 54.63°
Longitude: -8.80° to -0.71°
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Dataset reference date
2003-02-13 (publication)
2023-07-11 (revision)
Frequency of update
asNeeded
Responsible party
National Records of Scotland (publisher)
ISO 19139 resource type
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Metadata language
eng
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