Editing Moray (section)

{{Short description|Council area of Scotland}}
{{About|the council area and district|the province|Province of Moray|the county|County of Moray|the fish|Moray eel|other uses}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name                    = Moray
| native_name             = {{Unbulleted list
 |{{native name|gd|Moireibh}}
 |{{native name|sco|Moray}}
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| settlement_type         = [[Subdivisions of Scotland#Council areas|Council area]]
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| image_map               = Moray UK location map.svg
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| map_caption             = Moray shown within [[Scotland]]
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| subdivision_type        = [[Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_name        = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_type1       = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Country]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Scotland]]
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| subdivision_type3       = [[Lieutenancy areas of Scotland|Lieutenancy area]]
| subdivision_name3       = {{Unbulleted list
 |[[County of Moray|Moray]]
 |[[Banffshire]] (part)
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| established_title       = Unitary authority
| established_date        = [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|1 April 1996]]
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| seat_type               = Administrative{{nbsp}}HQ
| seat                    = [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]]
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<!-- Government -->
| government_footnotes    = <ref name="Council leadership">{{cite web |url=http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_section/section_47593.html |title=Council and Government |website=Moray Council |date=27 June 2006 |access-date=22 December 2024}}</ref>
| government_type         = [[Local government in Scotland|Council]]
| governing_body          = [[Moray Council]]
| leader_title            = [[Political make-up of local councils in the United Kingdom|Control]]
| leader_name             = {{UK council control|GSS=S12000020}}
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| leader_title3           = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]]
| leader_name3            = {{Collapsible list |title=2 MPs
 |[[Graham Leadbitter]] ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
 |[[Seamus Logan]] ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
 }}
| leader_title4           = [[Member of the Scottish Parliament|MSPs]]
| leader_name4            = {{Collapsible list |title=2 MSPs
 |[[Richard Lochhead]] ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
 |[[Karen Adam]] ([[Scottish National Party|SNP]])
 }}
<!-- Area -->
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| area_footnotes          = <ref name="popstats">{{UK subdivision statistics citation}}</ref>
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| timezone1               = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset1             = +0
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| utc_offset1_DST         = +1
<!-- Codes -->
| postal_code_type        = [[Postcodes in the United Kingdom|Postcode areas]]
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| area_code_type          = [[Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom|Dialling codes]]
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| iso_code                = [[ISO 3166-2:GB|GB-MRY]]
| blank1_name             = [[GSS coding system|GSS code]]
| blank1_info             = S12000020
| website                 = {{URL|moray.gov.uk}}
}}

'''Moray''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ʌ|r|i}} {{Audio|Murray.ogg|listen}}; {{langx|gd|Moireibh}} or {{lang|gd|Moireabh}}) is one of the 32 [[council areas of Scotland]]. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the [[Moray Firth]], and borders the council areas of [[Aberdeenshire]] and [[Highland (council area)|Highland]]. Its council is based in [[Elgin, Moray|Elgin]], the area's largest town. The main towns are generally in the north of the area on the coastal plain. The south of the area is more sparsely populated and mountainous, including part of the [[Cairngorms National Park]].

The council area is named after the [[Shires of Scotland|historic county]] of [[County of Moray|Moray]] (called Elginshire prior to 1919), which was in turn named after the medieval [[Province of Moray]], each of which covered different areas to the modern council area. The modern area of Moray was created in 1975 as a lower-tier [[districts of Scotland|district]] within the [[Grampian Region]]. The Moray district became a single-tier council area in 1996.