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Localities - Scotland
Larger settlements are divided into localities to reflect areas which are more easily identifiable as the towns and cities of Scotland.
Statistics produced from this geography can be used to help understand the demographics of local communities.
National Records of Scotland (NRS), produces 2 datasets which are designed to show the boundaries of urban areas in Scotland: these datasets are Settlements and Localities.
Further details on settlements and localities, including the methodology, can be found in the Special Area Population Estimates: Settlements and Localities section of the NRS website.
Default
Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Dataset Reference Date (Creation)
- 2003-02-13T09:30:00
- Dataset Reference Date (Revision)
- 2022-03-31T09:30:00
- Identifier
- www.nrscotland.gov.uk / NRS_LocalityBdry
- Maintenance and update frequency
- As needed
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Statistical units
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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urban settlement
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IPSV Subjects List
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Boundaries
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Urban communities
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- Limitations on Public Access
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- No limitations to public access
- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
- Other constraints
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The following statements must be used when reproducing or using this material: Copyright National Records of Scotland, contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right (insert year).
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 10000
- Topic category
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- Boundaries
- Code
- S92000003
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Temporal reference
Temporal extent
Temporal extent
- Code
- EPSG:4258
- Code
- EPSG:27700
Distribution Information
Data format
- Data format
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Name Version WMS
1.3.0
WFS
2.0.0
ESRI Shapefile
1.0
Transfer options
- Resource Locator
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Protocol Resource Locator Name OGC:WMS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/NRS/MapServer/WMSServer? LocalityBoundaries
OGC:WFS
https://maps.gov.scot/server/services/NRS/NRS/MapServer/WFSServer? NRS:LocalityBoundaries
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/publications/population-estimates-for-settlements-and-localities-in-scotland-mid-2020/ National Records of Scotland website
Data quality info
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Statement
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National Records of Scotland (NRS) create Locality boundaries by first creating the Settlements geography, and then assigning any postcode located within a settlement to a locality based on a point-in-polygon (PIP) process with the previous version of the Locality boundary. Postcodes that fall within a settlement boundary that are unassigned after the PIP are manually examined and assigned to a locality. Councils are then consulted for their views on the proposed boundaries and, where possible, their suggestions were taken into account.
The Locality boundaries have been clipped to the high water mark coastline using OS BoundaryLine product. Inland water has also been removed as listed in the Standard Area Measurements (SAM) produced by the Office for National Statistics.
The current Locality boundaries (2020) have been created using the Scottish Postcode Directory 2020 release 2 boundaries.
NRS create Settlement boundaries in conjunction with the Localities geography, normally every two years. Settlement and Locality boundaries are co-incidental, however, large settlements can be subdivided into two or more localities.
Changes to the methodology and publication are consulted on through the Population and Migration Statistics Committee.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 94d14c47-9c5d-47a6-a8e2-683ab3795b9e XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2025-02-10T13:44:29.373Z
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
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2.3
Point of contact
- Organisation name
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National Records of Scotland
- Position name
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Geography Branch
- Delivery point
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General Register House, 2 Princes Street
- City
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Edinburgh
- Administrative area
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Scotland
- Postal code
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EH1 3YY
- Country
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United Kingdom
- Electronic mail address
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geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov geographycustomerservices@nrscotland.gov.uk
- Role
- Point of contact