| Stirling Sruighlea |
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| Geography | |||||
| Area | Ranked 9th | ||||
| - Total | 2,187 km² | ||||
| - % Water | ? | ||||
| Admin HQ | Stirling | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-STG | ||||
| ONS code | 00RG | ||||
| Demographics | |||||
| Population | Ranked 25th | ||||
| - Total (2006) | 87,800 | ||||
| - Density | 40 / km² | ||||
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| Stirling Council http://www.stirling.gov.uk/ |
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| Control | Labour (minority control) | ||||
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Stirling (Sruighlea in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland with a population of about 85,000. It covers most of the former county of Stirlingshire (except Falkirk) and the south-western portion of the former county of Perthshire. The administrative centre of the region is the City of Stirling itself. The region borders Clackmannanshire (to the east), 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, both to Stirling's southwest. The majority of the population of the region is located in its southeast corner, in the city of Stirling and in the surrounding lowland communities: Dunblane and Bridge of Allan 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"). The remaining 30 percent of the region's population is sparsely distributed across the rural, mainly highland, expanse in the north of the region. The southern half of this rural area comprises the flat western floodplain of the River Forth, bounded on the south by the Touch Hills and the Campsie Fells. North of the glen lie the Trossachs mountains, and the northern half of the region is generally mountainous in character.
Towns and villages
- Aberfoyle
- Ardchyle
- Ardeonaig
- Arnprior
- Balmaha
- Bannockburn
- Blair Drummond
- Boreland
- Bridge of Allan
- Brig o' Turk
- Buchlyvie
- Callander
- Campsie
- Cowie
- Craigdownings
- Craigruie
- Crianlarich
- Croftamie
- Doune
- Drymen
- Dunblane
- Fallin
- Fintry
- Gargunnock
- Inversnaid
- Killearn
- Killin
- Kinbuck
- Kinlochard
- Kippen
- Lecropt
- Lochearnhead
- Mid Lecropt
- Mugdock
- Port of Menteith
- Plean
- Raploch
- Rowardennan
- Strathyre
- Stronachlachar
- Thornhill
- Torbrex
- Tyndrum
- St Ninians
- Stirling
- Strathblane
Places of interest
- Carse of Lecropt
- Culcreuch Castle
- Inchmahome Priory (a ruined Augustinian priory on an island in the Lake of Menteith, used as a refuge in 1547 by Mary, Queen of Scots)
- Breadalbane Folklore Centre
- Cambuskenneth Abbey (formerly the seat of the Scottish Parliament)
- Doune Castle
- Falls of Dochart
- Falls of Lochay
- Glen Dochart
- Lake of Menteith (Scotland's only 'Lake')
- Lecropt Kirk
- Loch Achray
- Loch Ard
- Loch Earn
- Loch Katrine (The source of most of the drinking water for the city of Glasgow)
- Loch Venachar
- Moirlannich Longhouse
- Queen Elizabeth Forest Park (run by the Forestry Commission)
- Scottish Institute of Sport (on the grounds of Stirling University)
- Stirling Castle
- The University of Stirling
- Wallace Monument
- West Highland Way
External links
- Map and census information (PDF document)
- Stirling Council website
- Stirling Council's information on the Scottish local government elections on 3 May 2007
