Local authority · S12000036

City of Edinburgh

In use

City of Edinburgh is a local authority in Scotland, published in boundary releases since December 2011.

The May 2026 boundary, generalised to about 100 m.

Code
S12000036
Kind
Local authority
Area
262 km²
Population
530,680Mid-2024 estimate
In use
2011 to now

Where it sits

Grouping of councilsCentral Belt, Edinburgh
CountryScotland

What it contains

Neighbours

4 local authorities share a border with City of Edinburgh, longest border first.

Data published for it

19 of the Atlas's datasets publish figures for City of Edinburgh itself.

Ask the API

Everything on this page comes from the UK Data Atlas API's geography resolver. These requests return it, for the May 2026 release.

  • The areaDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000036
  • Its boundaryDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000036/geometry?tier=medium
  • Its historyDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000036/history
  • What it sits withinDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000036/parents
  • What it containsDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000036/children
  • Its neighboursDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000036/neighbours
  • What you can ask about itDocs
    GET/v1/areas/localAuthority/2026-05-uk-bgc/S12000036?include=capabilities