Midlothian

Midlothian

*Meadhan Lodainn* (Scottish Gaelic)
*Midlowden* (Scots)
Midlothian Meadhan Lodainn (Scottish Gaelic); Midlowden (Scots);
Lieutenancy and council area
	Coat of arms
	Midlothian shown within Scotland
	Coordinates: 55°53′39″N 3°04′07″W / 55.89417°N 3.06861°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Dalkeith
Government
• Type	Council
• Body	Midlothian Council
• Control	No overall control
• MPs	Kirsty McNeill (L)
• MSPs	2 MSPs Colin Beattie (SNP) ; Christine Grahame (SNP) ;
Area
• Total	137 sq mi (354 km2)
• Rank	21st
Population (2024)
• Total	99,880
• Rank	22nd
• Density	730/sq mi (282/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	GB-MLN
GSS code	S12000019
Website	midlothian.gov.uk

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Midlothian (/mɪdˈloʊðiən/; Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan Lodainn) is a registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh council area, East Lothian and the Scottish Borders. The modern council area was formed in 1975 when the historic county of Midlothian, also known as Edinburghshire, was altered substantially as part of local government reforms; its southern part formed a new Midlothian District within the Region of Lothian, whilst areas on the peripheries were assigned to other districts and the city of Edinburgh, which had always been autonomous to an extent, was formally separated as the City of Edinburgh District. In 1996 Midlothian became a unitary authority area, using the same name and territory as in 1975.