Stirling (council area)
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Stirling Sruighlea Stirlin |
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| Admin HQ | Stirling | ||
| Government | |||
| • Body | Stirling Council | ||
| • Control | Lab + Con (council NOC) | ||
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| Area | |||
| • Total | 844 sq mi (2,186 km2) | ||
| Area rank | Ranked 9th | ||
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | |||
| • Total | 92,800 | ||
| • Rank | Ranked 24th | ||
| • Density | 110/sq mi (42/km2) | ||
| ONS code | S12000030 | ||
| ISO 3166 code | GB-STG | ||
| Website | www |
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The Stirling council area (Scots: Stirlin, Scottish Gaelic: Sruighlea) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, and has a population of about 92,800 (2015 estimate). It was created under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 with the boundaries of the Stirling district of the former Central local government region, and it covers most of the former county of Stirling (except Falkirk) and the south-western portion of the former county of Perth. Both counties were abolished for local government purposes under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
The administrative centre of the area is the city of Stirling.
The area borders the council areas of Clackmannanshire (to the east), North Lanarkshire (to the south), Falkirk (to the south east), Perth and Kinross (to the north and north east), Argyll and Bute (to the north and north west), and both East and West Dunbartonshire to Stirling's southwest.
The majority of the population of the area is located in its southeast corner, in the city of Stirling and in the surrounding lowland communities: Bridge of Allan and Dunblane to the north, Bannockburn to the immediate south, and the three former coal mining communities of Cowie, Fallin, and Plean, known collectively as the "Eastern Villages".
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