North Ayrshire

North Ayrshire Siorrachd Àir a Tuath (Scottish Gaelic) North Ayrshire (Scots)
Council area
Coat of arms
North Ayrshire shown within Scotland
Coordinates: 55°40′N 4°47′W / 55.667°N 4.783°W / 55.667; -4.783
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Ayrshire and Arran
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Irvine
Government [1]
• Type	Council
• Body	North Ayrshire Council
• Control	No overall control
• MPs	2 MPs Irene Campbell (L) Alan Gemmell (L)
• MSPs	2 MSPs Ruth Maguire (SNP) Kenneth Gibson (SNP)
Area [2]
• Total	342 sq mi (885 km2)
• Rank	17th
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	133,490
• Rank	15th
• Density	390/sq mi (151/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	GB-NAY
GSS code	S12000021
Website	north-ayrshire.gov.uk

North Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Àir a Tuath, pronounced [ˈʃirˠəxk aːɾʲ ə ˈt̪ʰuə]) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. The council area borders Inverclyde to the north, Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire to the northeast, and East Ayrshire and South Ayrshire to the east and south respectively. The local authority is North Ayrshire Council, formed in 1996 with the same boundaries as the district of Cunninghame which existed from 1975 to 1996.

Located in the west central Lowlands with the Firth of Clyde to its west, the council area covers the northern portion of the historic county of Ayrshire, in addition to the islands of Arran and The Cumbraes from the historic county of Buteshire.^[3] North Ayrshire has a population of roughly 133,490 people.^[2] Its largest towns are Irvine and Kilwinning.