Grampian

E319954

Grampian was a former local government region in northeast Scotland, centered on the city of Aberdeen and known for its North Sea oil industry and agricultural hinterland.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Grampian canonical 6
Grampian region 3
Grampian Region 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former local government region
regional council
subdivision of Scotland
administrativeCentre Aberdeen
borders Highland
Moray Firth
Tayside
capital Aberdeen
coastlineOn North Sea
contains Aberdeenshire
Banff and Buchan
surface form: Banff and Buchan (district)

Buchan
Aberdeen
surface form: City of Aberdeen

Aberdeen City council area
surface form: City of Aberdeen (district)

Deeside
Gordon (district)
Kincardine and Deeside
surface form: Kincardine and Deeside (district)

Moray
Moray Council area
surface form: Moray (district)

Badenoch and Strathspey
surface form: Strathspey
country Scotland
createdBy Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
dissolvedBy Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
endTime 1996
governmentType upper-tier local government region
hasCouncil Grampian Regional Council
jurisdiction Grampian self-linksurface differs
knownFor North Sea offshore sector
surface form: North Sea oil industry

agricultural hinterland
language English
Scots
Scottish Gaelic
locatedIn northeast Scotland
majorIndustry arable farming
fishing
livestock farming
offshore oil and gas
namedAfter Grampian Mountains
partOf Scotland local government regions (1975–1996)
regionNumberOfDistricts 5
replacedBy Aberdeen City council area
Aberdeenshire Council area
surface form: Aberdeenshire council area

Moray Council area
surface form: Moray council area
seatType regional council
startTime 1975
timeZone GMT
timeZoneDST BST

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tayside borderedBy Grampian
Forbes, Aberdeenshire region Grampian
Buchan area of Aberdeenshire partOf Grampian
subject surface form: Buchan
this entity surface form: Grampian region
Banff locatedInHistoricRegion Grampian
The Mearns historicallyPartOf Grampian
this entity surface form: Grampian region
Inverurie isPartOf Grampian
this entity surface form: Grampian region
Grampian jurisdiction Grampian self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Grampian Regional Council
Kincardineshire partOf Grampian
this entity surface form: Grampian region (historical)
Kincardineshire succeededByAdministrativeUnit Grampian
this entity surface form: Grampian Region
Banffshire, Scotland succeededBy Grampian
subject surface form: Banffshire
this entity surface form: Grampian Region