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One of the historic counties and also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. The unitary council region borders onto Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross and the City of Dundee. The administrative centre is Forfar. The population is around 109,000. It area covers 2, 182 square kilometres.

In Angus there are the popular towns of Redford, Montrose, Inverkeilor, Fern and Muirhead

Geography

Its eastern coast borders the North Sea. Angus stretches northwards from Dundee on the Firth of Tay to the high peaks of the Braes of Angus, which rise to more than 900 m (3,000 feet) in the eastern Grampian Mountains. Between the Grampians and the Sidlaw Hills in the south lies the wide and fertile valley of Strathmore which has some of the best agricultural land in Scotland and is particularly renowned for its cattle breeding, seed potatoes and raspberries. Across this great valley flows the River South Esk on its way to the Montrose Basin, an inlet of the North Sea rich in wildlife.

Industry

The main industries are agriculture, seed potatoes and fishing.

History

The traditional county borders Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north, Perthshire to the west. Southwards, it faces Fife across the Firth of Tay. Amongst the regions many historic landmarks are Glamis Castle and the birthplace in Kirriemuir of J.M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan.