District of Highland, 1975 To 1996
Under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 the Inverness district of the two-tier Highland region was created and, in 1975, the local government county of Inverness was abolished. The area of the county was divided between four districts of the Highland region and the unitary Western Isles council area.
The burgh of Inverness and the Aird and Inverness districts of the county were merged to form the Inverness district of the Highland region, the burgh of Fort William and the Lochaber district of the county were merged with areas from the county of Argyll (the Ardnamurchan district and the electoral divisions of Ballachulish and Kinlochleven) to form the Lochaber district of the Highland region, the Skye district of the county was merged with an area from the county of Ross and Cromarty (the South West district) to form the Skye and Lochalsh district of the Highland region, the burgh of Kingussie and the Badenoch district of the county were merged with areas from the county of Moray (the burgh of Grantown-on-Spey and the Cromdale district) to form the Badenoch and Strathspey district of the Highland region, and the Barra, Harris, North Uist, and South Uist districts of the county were merged with areas from the county of Ross and Cromarty (the burgh of Stornoway and Lewis district) to form the Western Isles council area.
Within the Highland region, local government functions were divided between the regional council and the district councils. For example, education was a regional responsibility, and housing was a district responsibility.
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