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Angus 

Angus is a council area in the Scottish government, as well as a registration county and lieutenancy area. Aberdeenshire, Dundee City, and Perth and Kinross are all adjacent to the council's territory. Agriculture and fishing are two of the most important industries. The northern county town of Montrose is home to a sizable branch of the multinational pharmaceutical corporation GSK.

For a long time, Angus was a province, and then a sheriffdom and county (officially called Forfarshire from the 18th century until 1928), with Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north, and Perthshire to the west. To the south, it faced Fife across the Firth of Tay. These are still the borders of Angus, minus Dundee, which is now its own small separate council area. Angus is still a lieutenancy area and a registration county. A unitary Angus Council was established in 1995 as a result of further reforms that had previously seen some of its administrative functions transferred to the council district of the Tayside Region in 1975.

Geography

The county of Angus can be divided into three distinct regions. Mountains dominate the landscape in the northern and western parts of the area. Hill farming is the main source of income in this sparsely populated region between the Grampian Mountains and the Mounth hills and the Five Glens of Angus. At 1,068 meters (3,504 feet), Glas Maol is the highest point in Angus and also the tripoint boundary with Perthshire and Aberdeenshire. In the south and east, near the coast, you'll find gently undulating hills (like the Sidlaws), which are home to a dense population and some of the larger cities. Strathmore, also known as the Great Valley, is located in the middle and is a prosperous farming region where many crops and livestock breeds thrive.

North-east Montrose is where you'll find the town of Montrose, which is famous for its tidal basin and abundance of local wildlife.

The coast of Angus is fairly uniform, with the headlands of Scurdie Ness and Buddon Ness standing out.

There are many large bodies of water in the county, including: Loch Lee, Loch Brandy, Carlochy, Loch Wharral, Den of Ogil Reservoir, Loch of Forfar, Loch Fithie, Rescobie Loch, Balgavies Loch, Crombie Reservoir, Monikie Reservoirs, Long Loch, Lundie Loch, Loch of Kinnordy, Loch of Lintrathen, Backwater Reservoir, Auchintaple Loch, Loch Shandra

Government

The Local Government (Scotland) Act of 1889 standardized county councils across the country and redrawn the borders of many existing counties. A county council for Angus was subsequently established in 1890. The county council was dissolved in May 1975, and its duties were taken over by Tayside Regional Council; after that, Angus District Council took over responsibility for the area. Forfar's county government was housed in the County Buildings on Market Street. 

After the 1996 abolition of Scotland's two-tier local government council, Angus Council was established as one of the 32 new single-tier Council Areas across the country. A total of 28 individuals can be elected to the council as of May 2017. Following the results of the May 2022 elections, the current breakdown of seats is as follows: SNP 13, Independent 7, Conservative 7, and Labour 2.

Structure

The Provost of Angus is the elected official who serves as the council's chief executive officer. Since its inception in 1996, there have been six individuals to hold the position of Provost: Frances Duncan, Bill Middleton, Ruth Leslie-Melville, Helen Oswald, and Alex King. Councillor Ronnie Proctor, one of the candidates for Provost in the 2017 Angus elections, was selected by his fellow council members on May 16. Given that Angus constitutes a county in its own right, the Lord Lieutenant of Angus is an independent position.

Since its inception in 1996, the Council has had four leaders: Sandy Watson (from 1996 to 2006), David Sawers (from 2006 to 2011), Richard Stiff (from 2011 to 2017), and Margo Williamson (from 2017 to the present). Since the council's establishment, Margo Williamson is the first woman to hold the position of Chief Executive. The council's administrative headquarters are located in Angus House on Forfar's Orchardbank, and the council meets in Forfar Town and County Hall on The Cross. 

Current council area borders are identical to historic county borders, minus Dundee.

Aberdeenshire, Dundee City, and Perth and Kinross are all adjacent to the council's territory.

As of the year 2018, Angus is divided into 25 different community council areas, all of which except for the Friockheim district have an active council.