Back Morefscir ANG Morayshire German Morayshire French Siorrachd Mhoireibh Irish Siorrachd Mhoireibh Scots/Gaelic Contea di Moray Italian Morayshire Kurdish Elginensis Latin Moray (hrabstwo historyczne) Polish Moray (grofovija) Serbo-Croatian
Moray | |
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| Coordinates: 57°18′N 3°18′W / 57.3°N 3.3°W | |
| Country | Scotland |
| County town | Elgin |
| Area | |
| • Total | 476 sq mi (1,233 km2) |
| Ranked 17th of 34 | |
| Chapman code | MOR |
| Website | www |
The County of Moray, (Scottish Gaelic: Moireibh [ˈmɤɾʲəv]) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county in Scotland. The county town was Elgin. The historic county ceased to be used for local government purposes in 1975. Since 1996 most of the historic county's area has been included in the Moray council area. The historic county boundaries are still used for certain functions, being a registration county. There is also a Moray lieutenancy area, covering a slightly smaller area than the historic county. The historic county borders Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east, and has a coast onto the Moray Firth to the north.