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Orkney Islands Council
Orkney Islands Council in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
About
Orkney Islands Council is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Orkney Islands Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Arcaibh) is the local authority for the Orkney Islands, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It was established in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and was largely unaffected by the Scottish local government changes of 1996. The council is based in Kirkwall. It provides services in the areas of environmental health, roads, social work, community development, organisational development, economic development, building standards, trading standards, housing, waste, education, burial grounds, port and harbours and others. The council collects Council Tax. The council is also the harbour authority for Orkney and its marine services division manages the operation of the islands' 29 piers and harbours.
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Background
History
Orkney had been administered by Commissioners of Supply from 1667 and then by Orkney County Council from 1890 to 1975. The county council was abolished in 1975 and replaced by the Orkney Islands Council, which also took over the functions previously exercised by Orkney's lower-tier authorities, being the town councils of the two burghs of Kirkwall and Stromness, and the councils of the area's landward districts. The new council created in 1975 was an islands council of an area legally called Orkney. Further local government reform in 1996 introduced single-tier council areas across all of Scotland. The councils of the three island areas created in 1975, including Orkney, continued to…
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- Coordinates
- 59.0000, -3.0000
- Established
- 1996
Sources
- wikidata: Q11994103 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Orkney Islands Council (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Orkney Islands Council?
- Orkney Islands Council is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.0000°, -3.0000°.
- When was Orkney Islands Council built?
- Orkney Islands Council dates to 1996.