Caithness (Gallaibh within Gaelic)is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland. Caithness has likewise an extended & complex history as an earldom. (Understand Earl of Caithness).

A county consists of decade parishes: of Bower, Canisbay, Dunnet, Halkirk, Latheron, Olrig, Reay, Thurso, Watten and Wick.

Caithness has the land boundary by using Sutherland. Otherwise these are bounded by sea. the land boundary follows a watershed and is crossed by two roads (the A9 and the A836) and 1 railway. Through a Pentland Firth ferries link Caithness by using Orkney, and Caithness has as well an airport at Wick.

Wick occurs as Royal Burgh and the county town. A merely more burgh in the county is Thurso.

A county council was abolished when a Highland region and Caithness District were created in 1975. Inside 1996 the region became the unitary authority and the dominion was likewise abolished. Caithness remains around have when the title of a Lieutenancy Area, and of an region committee of Highland Council.

Inside 2001 Caithness experienced the normally resident people of 23,866 & personal injury settlement centres include victims of Berriedale, Burnside, Castletown, Dunnet, Halkirk, Haster, John O'Groats, Latheron, Mey, Reay, Sibster, Thurso, Watten and Wick.

Caithness constituency

A Caithness constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented essentially a traditional county from either 1708 to 1918. At a equivalent instance yet a shire town of Wick was represented as a component of the Northern Burghs constituency.

Between 1708 & 1832 Caithness was one of the Buteshire and Caithness alternating constituencies: one constituency elected the Member of Parliament (MP) to one parliament and then the more elective an MP to the next. Between 1832 & 1918 it was the separate constituency, electing an MP to each parliament.

Within 1918 a Caithness constituency & Wick were merged into a so freshly constituency of Caithness and Sutherland. Within 1997 Caithness and Sutherland was merged into Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross.

A Scottish Parliament constituency of Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross was created in 1999 and now has boundaries slighly different from either people of the Home of Commons constituency.

A modern constituencies can be seen when extra sub-divisions of the Highland area than as representative of counties (& burghs). For its have purposes, but, a Highl& Council utilizes supplementary conservative sub-divisions, sustaining list which refer back to the era of zone councils and, within numerous shells, county councils.

In the Scottish Parliament Caithness is represented also when section of the Highlands and Islands electoral area.

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