Clackmannanshire

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Clackmannanshire
Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn
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Location
Geography
AreaRanked 30th
 - Total159 km²
 - % Water?
Admin HQAlloa
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ONS code00QF
Demographics
PopulationRanked 29th
 - Total (2005)48,630
 - Density306 / km
Scottish Gaelic
 - Total ()
Politics
Clackmannanshire Council
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ControlLabour (minority control)
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MSPs
  • George Reid, Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
Clackmannanshire (Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn in Gaelic; nicknamed "the wee county") is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland, and a lieutenancy area, bordering Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife.

The council area was created in 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, with the boundaries of the former Clackmannan district of the Central region. The district had been created in 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to include the county of Clackmannan and Muckhart area of the county of Perth.

According to the legislation of 1996, the council area was to have the name, Clackmannan, of the former district, but this was changed to Clackmannanshire, by the council using its own powers.

In terms of population, it is the smallest council area in mainland Scotland, with a population of 49,000, around half of whom live in the main town, Alloa, which is the administrative centre, having outgrown the town of Clackmannan in 1822.

The motto of Clackmannanshire is 'Look Aboot Ye' (Circumspice in Latin).

Council political composition

PartyCouncillors
Labour8
Scottish National Party7
Conservative1
Liberal Democrat1
Independent1

Geography

The Ochil Hills lie in the northern part of the area. It mostly comprises a lowland plain, forming the straths of the River Forth and of the River Devon, which joins the Forth near Cambus.

Economy

The main industries are agriculture, brewing, and formerly coal mining. In 2006, permission was given for a waterfront development of the Docks area of Alloa, which has been in decline since the 1960s. A new railway line connecting Kincardine and Stirling, reconnecting Alloa to the national rail network for the first time since 1968, is currently under construction.

History

Between 1889 and 1975, the County of Clackmannan was a local government county, bordering on Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife. As Scotland's smallest historic county, it is often nicknamed 'The Wee County'

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Places of interest

County of Clackmannan
Geography
Area
- Total		Ranked 34th
30,477 acres (123 km²)
County townClackmannan
Chapman codeCLK

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Council areas of Scotland
Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian
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Rank Council area Area (km²)
1 Highland 25,659
2 Argyll and Bute 6,909
3 Dumfries and Galloway 6,426
4 Aberdeenshire 6,313
5 Perth and Kinross 5,286
6 Scottish Borders 4,732
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Alloa
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Birth rate: 10.7 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 11.0 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 4.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.4% (2005 est.
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Scottish Labour Party
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Leader Wendy Alexander

Founded 1909
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Gordon Raymond Banks (born 14 June 1955) is a British Labour Party politician and is the Member of Parliament for Ochil and South Perthshire.

Born in Acomb, Northumberland and was educated at the Lornshill Academy in Alloa, the Glasgow College of Building, and the University
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This is a list of Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) or, in Gaelic, Buill Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPnA) elected to the second Scottish Parliament at the 2003 election.
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The Rt. Hon. George Newlands Reid, (born 4 June 1939) was the second Presiding Officer (Speaker) of the Scottish Parliament.

Early life

George Reid was born in 1939 at Tullibody, near Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, and educated at Dollar Academy, Clackmannanshire, and
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Scottish Gaelic}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Scotland
Regulated by: Bòrd na Gàidhlig
Language codes
ISO 639-1: gd
ISO 639-2: gla
ISO 639-3: gla

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Motto
Nemo me impune lacessit   (Latin)
"No one provokes me with impunity"
"Cha togar m'fhearg gun dioladh"   
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Perth and Kinross
Peairt agus Ceann Rois

Location

Geography

Area Ranked 5th
 - Total 5,286 km²
 - % Water ?
Admin HQ Perth
GB-PKN
ONS code 00RB
Demographics

Population Ranked 14th
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Stirling
Sruighlea


Logo Coat of arms
Location

Geography

Area Ranked 9th
 - Total 2,187 km²
 - % Water ?
Admin HQ Stirling
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Acts of Parliament of predecessor
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Central Region (Roinn Meadhanach in Gaelic) was a local government region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. It is now divided into the council areas of Falkirk, Stirling, and Clackmannanshire, which had previously been districts within the Central Region.
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The local government regions and districts of Scotland were established under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as a two-tier system of local government in Scotland. This reorganisation of local government took full effect in 1975.
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Muckhart
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Perthshire (Siorrachd Pheairt in Gaelic), officially the County of Perth, is a registration county in central Scotland. It extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the
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Alloa
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Clackmannan (Gaelic: Clach Mhanainn) is a small town in the Clackmannanshire council area of Scotland. It was formerly the county town of the county of Clackmannan, Scotland's smallest.
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