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North Ayrshire
(
Scots Gaelic
:
Siorrachd Inbhir Air a Tuath
) is ane o the 32
cooncil areas
o
Scotland
. It ligs alang the coast o the
Firth o Clyde
an haes mairches wi
East Ayrshire
til the eist,
Sooth Ayrshire
til the sooth,
Inverclyde
til the north an
Renfrewshire
til the nor'eist. It is made-up o the
Isle o Arran
, the
Cumbrae Isles
an pairt o the mainland o the
Scots Lawlands
.
The cooncil area wis shapit in 1996 as an eftirganger til the destrik o Cunninghame, whilk haed the same mairches. The cooncil heidsteid is in
Irvine
, whilk is the mukkilest toun. Anaw, North Ayrshire inhauds the touns o
Ardrussan
,
Beithe
,
Dawry
,
Kilbirnie
,
Kilwinnin
,
Lairgs
,
Saulcoats
,
Skelmorlie
,
Stinson
, an
Wast Kilbride
.