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Stirling (district)

Stirling
Sruighlea
Stirlin
Coat of arms of Stirling
Coat of arms
Official logo of Stirling
Logo
Stirling in Scotland.svg
Admin HQ Stirling
Government
 • Body Stirling Council
 • Control Lab + Con (council NOC)
 • MPs
 • MSPs
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.stirling.gov.uk

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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