East Lothian

East Lothian is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, as well as an historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area. The county was called Haddingtonshire until 1921.
  • Type: County with 115,000 residents
  • Description: council area of Scotland; lieutenancy area
  • Also known as: “Aest Lowden”, “Aust-Lothian”, “East Loðene”, “GB-ELN”, “Haddington”, “Haddingtonshire”, “Labhdaidh an Ear”, “Lodainn Thoir”, “Lothian dell’est”, “Lothian orientale”, “orienta Lothian”, “sgìre comhairle Lodainn an Ear”, “Іст-Лотыян”, “شرق لوثيان”, “لوذيان الشرقية”, “이스트 로디언”, “이스트 로디언 주”, “이스트로디안 주”, “イースト・ロジアン”, “イーストロージアン”, “イーストロジアン”, and “東ロージアン”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Yester Parish Church and Bolton Parish Church.

Church
is a church of the Church…

Church
is a church in , East Lothian, .

Castle
is a ruined castle, located 1+1⁄2 miles…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Haddington and Gifford.

is a market town in , 15 miles east of Edinburgh in central Scotland.

Village
is a village in the parish of Yester in East Lothian, Scotland.

Hamlet
is a hamlet and the third smallest parish in East Lothian, Scotland.

East Lothian

Latitude
55.9158° or 55° 54′ 57″ north
Longitude
-2.7512° or 2° 45′ 4″ west
Population
115,000
Elevation
453 feet (138 metres)
Abbreviation
“ELN”
Open location code
9C7VW68X+8G
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“East Lothian” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شرق لوذيان”
  • Arabic: “لوثيان الشرقية”
  • Armenian: “Արևելյան Լոթիան”
  • Asturian: “East Lothian”
  • Basque: “Ekialdeko Lothian”
  • Belarusian: “Усходні Лотыян”
  • Bengali: “ইস্ট লোথিয়ান”
  • Breton: “Lodainn an Ear”
  • Bulgarian: “Източен Лоудиън”
  • Catalan: “East Lothian”
  • Cebuano: “East Lothian”
  • Chinese: “东洛锡安”
  • Chinese: “東洛錫安”
  • Czech: “East Lothian”
  • Czech: “Východní Lothian”
  • Danish: “East Lothian”
  • Dutch: “East Lothian”
  • Esperanto: “East Lothian”
  • Estonian: “East Lothian”
  • Fiji Hindi: “East Lothian”
  • Finnish: “Itä-Lothian”
  • French: “East Lothian”
  • German: “East Lothian”
  • Gujarati: “પૂર્વ લોથીયાન”
  • Icelandic: “Austur-Lothian”
  • Ido: “East Lothian”
  • Indonesian: “East Lothian”
  • Irish: “Comhairle Lodainn an Ear”
  • Irish: “Lodainn an Ear”
  • Italian: “East Lothian”
  • Italian: “Lothian Orientale”
  • Japanese: “イースト・ロージアン”
  • Kannada: “ಪೂರ್ವ ಲೋಥಿಯನ್”
  • Kazakh: “Ист-Лотиан”
  • Korean: “이스트로디언 주”
  • Korean: “이스트로디언”
  • Kurdish: “East Lothian”
  • Latin: “Hadintoniensis”
  • Latvian: “Austrumlotjana”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Lodianas”
  • Lithuanian: “Rytų Lotianas”
  • Malay: “Lothian Timur”
  • Manx: “Lodainn Hiar”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Tang Lothian”
  • Northern Frisian: “East Lothian”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “East Lothian”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “East Lothian”
  • Norwegian: “East Lothian”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ēast Loðene”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ēastloðen”
  • Ossetian: “Ист-Лотиан”
  • Persian: “لوتیان شرقی”
  • Polish: “East Lothian”
  • Portuguese: “East Lothian”
  • Romanian: “East Lothian”
  • Russian: “Восточный Лотиан”
  • Russian: “Ист-Лотиан”
  • Scots: “East Lowden”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Comhairle Lodainn an Ear”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Lodainn an Ear”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Istočni Lothian”
  • Slovenian: “East Lothian”
  • Spanish: “East Lothian”
  • Swedish: “East Lothian”
  • Tamil: “கிழக்கு லோதியன்”
  • Telugu: “పశ్చిమ లోథియన్”
  • Turkish: “East Lothian”
  • Ukrainian: “Східний Лотіан”
  • Urdu: “ایسٹ لوتھیان”
  • Welsh: “Dwyrain Lothian”
  • Western Panjabi: “ایسٹ لوتھین”
  • Yue Chinese: “東洛錫安”

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Places to explore: Slateford Farm and Myreside.

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Highlights: Crown Wood and Ewalie Wood.

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