Clackmannanshire
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Clackmannanshire, aften shorten'd til Clacks (Scots Gaelic: Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn), is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland an is a lieutenancie area an aw. It haes mairches wi Perth an Kinross, Stirlin an Fife.
Clackmannanshire Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn | |
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| Coordinates: 56°10′N 3°45′W | |
| Admin HQ | Allowae (current) Clackmannan (historic) |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Clackmannanshire Cooncil |
| • Control | SNP minority (cooncil NOC) |
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| Area | |
| • Total | 159.0 km2 (61.4 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 30th |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
| • Total | 51,400 |
| • Rank | Rankit 29th |
| • Density | 323/km2 (840/sq mi) |
| ONS code | S12000005 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-CLK |
| Website | http://www.clacks.gov.uk/ |
Atwein 1889 an 1975, the Coontie o Clackmannan wis a local govrenment coontie, haein mairches wi Perthshire, Stirlinshire an Fife. As Scotland's wee-est historic coontie, it wis aft eik-named "The Wee Coontie".
The cooncil area wis remade in 1996, unner the Local Govrenment etc (Scotland) Act 1994. Accordin til the legislation o 1996, the cooncil area wis oreiginallie ti hae the name Clackmannan.
In 2005 it haed aboot 50,600 indwallers. Aboot hauf o the indwallers byd in the main toun, Alloa, whilk is the administrativ centur, haein ootgrowen the toun o Clackmannan in 1822.
The slogan o Clackmannanshire till 2007 wis Look Aboot Ye (Circumspice in Latin) whan it tuik the slogan More Than You Imagine.
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