East Lothian
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 18th 679 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Haddington
ISO 3166-2:	GB-ELN
ONS code:	00QM
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 23rd 90,088 133 / km²
Politics
East Lothian Council http://www.eastlothian.gov.uk
Control:	Labour
MPs:	Gavin Strang Anne Picking
Traditional East Lothian

East Lothian or Haddingtonshire is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto City of Edinburgh, Scottish Borders and Midlothian. Its administrative capital is Haddington, and its large town is Musselburgh.

The area is a traditional county also, and as such it borders Midlothian to the west, and Berwickshire to the south.

Towns and villages

• Auldhame
• Bolton, Broxburn
• Cockenzie
• Dirleton, Dunbar
• East Fortune
• Gullane
• Haddington, Huntington
• Kingston
• Longniddry
• Musselburgh
• North Berwick
• Port Seton, Prestonpans

Places of interest

• Bass Rock
• Dirleton Castle
• Gullane Bents
• Hopetoun Monument
• Lennoxlove historic house
• Longniddry Bents
• National Museum of Flight, East Fortune
• Preston Mill
• Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick
• Tantallon Castle
• The Chesters Fort
• Torness Nuclear Power Station
• Traprain Law

Famous Sons & Daughters

Arthur Balfour, Prime Minister, 1902-1905.

Scotland | Council Areas of Scotland

Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highland | Inverclyde | Midlothian | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanarkshire | Orkney | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland | South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire | West Lothian

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