Stirlin (cooncil area)
Coordinates: 56°30′N 4°00′W / 56.5°N 4.0°W
Stirling Sruighlea Stirling | |
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Admin HQ | Stirlin |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Stirlin Cooncil |
• Control | SNP + Lab (cooncil NOC) |
• MPs | |
• MSPs | |
Area | |
• Total | 2,186 km2 (844 sq mi) |
Area rank | Ranked 9th |
Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
• Total | 93,800 |
• Rank | Rankit 24th |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
ONS code | S12000030 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-STG |
Website | www |
Stirlin (Inglis: Stirling, Scots Gaelic: Sruighlea) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It ligs in the middil o Scotland an kivers maist o the umwhyl coontie o Stirlinshire (athoot Fawkirk) an the sooth-wastren bit o the umwhyl coontie o Perthshire. The cooncil area's heidsteid is the toun o Stirlin.
The cooncil area haes mairches wi Clackmannanshire (til the eist), Fawkirk (til the sooth-eist), Perth an Kinross (til the north an nor'eist), Argyll an Bute (til the north an nor'wast), an baith East an Wast Dunbartonshire til the soothwast.
Maist o the population byds in the area's sootheist nuik, in the toun o Stirlin an in the surroondin Lawland touns. The ither 30% o the population is skailt athort the laundwart, maistlins Hieland kintra til the north.
Touns an veilages
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Aiberfyle
- Ardchyle
- Ardeonaig
- Arnprior
- Auchtubh
- Bawmaha
- Bannockburn
- Blair Drummond
- Boquhan
- Boreland
- Brig Allan
- Brig o Turk
- Buchanan Smithy
- Buchlyvie
- Callander
- Cammusbarron
- Cammuskenneth
- Campsie
- Cowie
- Craigdownins
- Craigruie
- Crianlarich
- Craftamie
- Doune
- Dronnin
- Dunblane
- Fallin
- Fintry
- Gargunnock
- Gartmair
- Gartness
- Inversnaid
- Killearn
- Killin
- Kinbuck
- Kinlochard
- Kippen
- Lecropt
- Lochearnheid
- Mid Lecropt
- Milton
- Milton o Buchanan
- Mugdock
- Port o Menteith
- Plean
- Raploch
- Rowardennan
- St Ninians
- Stirlin
- Strathblane
- Strathyre
- Stronachlachar
- Thornhill
- Throsk
- Torbrex
- Tyndrum
Steids o interest
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Carse o Lecropt
- Culcreuch Castil
- Inchmahome Priory (the wrack o an Augustinian priory on an iland in the Loch o Menteith, uis'd as a beild in 1547 bi Mary, Queen o Scots)
- Breadalbane Fowklair Centur
- Camskenneth Abbey (the umwhyl seat o the Scottish Parliament)
- Doune Castil
- Faws o Dochart
- Faws o Lochay
- Glen Dochart
- Glenfinlas
- Laich o Menteith
- Lecropt Kirk
- Loch Achray
- Loch Aird
- Loch Earn
- Loch Lomond an the Trossachs Naitional Pairk
- Loch Katrine (the source o maist o the drinkin wattir for the ceitie o Glesga)
- Loch Rusky
- Loch Venachar
- Moirlannich Langhouss
- Queen Elizabeth Forest Pairk
- Stirlin Castil
- The Trossachs
- Wallace Monument
- Wast Hieland Wey
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