Editing Inverness (section)

===Administrative history===
From when it was made a [[royal burgh]] in the 12th century, Inverness was governed by the town council of the burgh until 1975. It was also the seat of the [[Sheriff of Inverness]], who had responsibility for administering justice across [[Inverness-shire]]. When elected county councils were introduced in 1890 under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889]], Inverness was considered large enough for its existing town council to provide county-level local government functions, and so it was excluded from the administrative area of Inverness-shire County Council.<ref>{{cite book |title=Guide to local government in parishes, counties and burghs |date=1892 |publisher=Royal College of Physicians |location=Edinburgh |pages=xxiii–xxx |url=https://archive.org/details/b21905678/page/n29/mode/2up |access-date=31 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=The County Council Magazine |date=1890 |publisher=F. Warne and Company |location=London |page=284 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nfAZAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA284 |access-date=31 December 2021 |chapter=Preparing for the elections in Scotland}}</ref>

Inverness was subsequently brought within the administrative area of the county council in 1930, but classed as a [[large burgh]], allowing the town council to continue to provide most local government services.<ref>{{cite web |title=Inverness Burgh |url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10360109 |website=A Vision of Britain through Time |publisher=GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth |access-date=28 August 2024}}</ref>

[[File:Inverness Town House (33621804338).jpg|thumb|left|[[Inverness Town House]], High Street, opened 1882]]
The burgh of Inverness was abolished in 1975 under the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973]], which abolished Scotland's counties, burghs and [[landward district]]s and replaced them with a two-tier system of [[Local government areas of Scotland (1975–1996)|regions and districts]]. Inverness therefore became part of the larger [[Inverness (district)|Inverness district]], which was one of eight districts within the [[Highland (council area)|Highland region]]. The Inverness district covered the area of the former burgh plus an extensive rural area around the city, being the area of the two former landward districts of Inverness (covering the rural area generally east of [[Loch Ness]] and Inverness itself) and [[The Aird|Aird]] (covering the area generally west of Inverness and Loch Ness.<ref name=1973act>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973|year=1973|chapter=65|accessdate=26 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Quarter-inch Administrative Areas Maps: Scotland, Sheet 4, 1969 |url=https://maps.nls.uk/view/222075461 |website=National Library of Scotland |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref> Inverness District Council was based at [[Inverness Town House]] on the High Street in the centre of Inverness, which had been completed in 1882 for the old Inverness Town Council.<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=LB35260|desc= High Street, Town House |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=23945|page=516|date=1 March 1996|city=e}}</ref>

The districts and regions created in 1975 were abolished in 1996, under the [[Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994]] and replaced with single-tier [[Council areas of Scotland|council areas]]. The Highland region became one of the new council areas.<ref>{{cite legislation UK|type=act|act=Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994|year=1994|chapter=39|accessdate=17 April 2023}}</ref>

The Highland Council has a number of [[area committee]]s for debating local matters. One of the committees is called the City of Inverness Area Committee, comprising the councillors who represent the wards which broadly correspond to the pre-1996 Inverness District.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Inverness Area Committee |url=https://www.highland.gov.uk/info/20003/committee_information/490/city_of_inverness_area_committee_cia |website=The Highland Council |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Election Maps |url=https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/election-maps/gb/ |publisher=Ordnance Survey |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> The area committee choses one of its members to take the title of [[Provost of Inverness]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Provost and Leader amongst key roles selected for City of Inverness |url=https://www.highland.gov.uk/news/article/14606/provost_and_leader_amongst_key_roles_selected_for_city_of_inverness |website=The Highland Council |access-date=28 August 2024 |date=8 June 2022}}</ref>