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Greater Glesga

Satellite eemage shawin the Greater Glesga Area
Area142.27 sq mi (368.5 km2[1]
Population1,209,143 [2]
LeidInglis, Scots, Gaelic[3]
OS grid referenceNS590655
• Edinburgh42 mi (68 km)
• Lunnon403 mi (649 km)
KintraScotland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Post tounGLASGOW
Postcode destrictG1–G84
Post tounPAISLEY
Postcode destrictPA1–PA19
Post tounMOTHERWELL
Postcode destrictML1–ML8
Diallin code0141, 01236, 01355, 01360, 01389, 01505, 01698, 01475
EU PairlamentScotland
Leet o places
UK
Scotland

Greater Glesga is a urban airt in Scotland conseistin o aw localities that is physical bindit tae the city o Glesga, formin wi it a single contiguous urban area (or conurbation). It disnae relate tae municipal govrenment mairches an its territorial extent is defined bi the General Register Office for Scotland, that determines settlements in Scotland for census an statistical purposes. Greater Glesga haed a population o 1,199,629 at the 2001 census[4] makkin it the maistmuckle urban area in Scotland an the fift maistmuckle in the Unitit Kinrick.[5]

In addition tae bein the name o this true conurbation, the term Greater Glesga is informally uised tae refer tae the general area surroondin the City o Glesga. Despite this, Greater Glesga shoud no be confused wi the wider Glesga City Region, that conseists o Glesga City Cooncil an 7 surroondin local authorities in thair entireties, sicweys includin no anerlie the Greater Glesga urban airt but ither settlements fully detached frae it an aw. This city-region is descrieved as a metropolitan area bi its awn strategic plannin authority, an is seemlar tae the Glesga metropolitan area identifeed bi the European Union.

The City o Glesga in the late 19t an early 20t yeirhunners growed tae haein a population o ower ane million fowk an wis the third city in Europe tae reach ane million, efter Lunnon an Paris.[6] The offeecial population stayed well ower ane million for mair nor 50 years.[7] Housomeivver, in the 1960s lairge-scale relocation tae new touns in the suburban area o the city an mony mairch chynges syne then hae reduced the population o the core City o Glesga cooncil area tae 580,690 (August 2007).[8]

Greater Glesga urban area

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The Urban area, kent as the Glesga area an aw, includes the follaein localities:

Area Population

(1991 Census)

Population

(2001 Census)[9]

Airdrie 36,842 36,326
Bargeddie 2,325 2,144
Baurheid 16,753 17,244
Bearsden 27,707 27,967
Bellshill 21,624 20,705
Beeshops' Rigs 23,825 23,118
Boddle 6,542 6,379
Busby 1,617 1,654
Calderbank 1,709 1,663
Cammuslang 23,212 24,500
Carfin 1,226 1,048
Chapelhall 4,405 5,214
Clairkstoun 18,899 19,136
Clydebank 29,171 29,858
Coatbrig 43,467 41,170
Duntocher an Hardgate 7,882 7,301
Elderslie 5,166 5,180
Erskine 15,166 15,347
Faifley 6,087 4,932
Giffnock 16,190 16,178
Glesga 658,379 629,501
Holytoun 5,648 5,483
The Howewid 1,036 1,502
Johnstoun 18,280 16,468
Kilbarchan 3,710 3,622
Linwuid 10,183 9,058
Miltoun 1,079 986
Mitherwall 30,769 30,311
Mulguye 11,992 12,795
New Stevenstoun 3,287 4,108
Newarthill 6,585 6,849
Newmains 5,878 5,329
Newtoun Mearns 19,342 22,637
Auld Kilpatrick 2,408 3,199
Paisley 73,925 74,170
Renfrew 20,764 20,251
Ruglen 25,000 25,000
Stepps 4,942 4,802
Uddinstoun 5,367 5,576
Viewpark 15,044 15,841
Wishae 29,574 28,565

Transport

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In 1973, the Greater Glesga Passenger Transport Executive wis creatit tae tak ower control o Glesga Corporation Transport (whilk includit the Glesga Subway). Follaein local govrenment reorganisation in 1975, control subsequently passed tae Strathclyde Regional Cooncil. The umwhile PTE is nou the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport, athin Transport Scotland.

The Glesga conurbation is served bi the maistmuckle urban rail netwirk in the UK ootside o Lunnon,[10] wi 186 rail stations in the Greater Glesga area. The city is served bi the anerlie metro system in Scotland, the Glesga Subway; an bi twa internaitional airports, Glesga Prestwick Airport[11] an Glesga Airport.[12]

Postal codes

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Follaein the local govrenment mairch chynges in 1996 an the creation o unitary cooncils in Scotland, replacin the umwhile regional an destrict cooncils, the Greater Glesga Settlement Area or Urban Area wis creatit for the 2001 Census fae groups o neeburin urban postcodes grouped sae that ilka group o postcode unit haes at least a gien nummer o addresses per unit area, an the group haes at least 500 residents.

Glesga City Region

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The Glesga City Region,[13] is a collection o local authorities clustert aroond Glesga.[14] The aicht constituent authorities ur:

The estimatit population o this area in 2007 wis 1,750,500.[8] The city region is no a conurbation as significant pairts o the cooncil area (an the whole o Inverclyde) are separatit frae Greater Glesga bi open kintraside. It uises numerous ither terms fir itsel, includin Metropolitan Glesga,[13] the metropolitan City-Region o Glesga"[15] an Glesga an the Clyde Valley. The city region haes nae single municipal govrenment, the aicht authorities insteid form ae strategic plannin authoritie.[15]

Metropolitan Glesga

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While the Scots Govrenment maks nae offeecial recognition o 'Metropolitan status' in its wirkins,[16] the term is uised bi ither bodies. The Yorpan Unes (European Union's) statistic bodie Eurostat leets Glesga as the 32nt maist populous metropolitan area, or Lairger Urban Zones, in the EU. Altho nae definin the mairches o this metropolitan area, Eurostat stat it consists "o oer 1.7 million inhabitants coverin an area o 3,346 km2".,[17] that is seemlar tae the 1.75 million population o the Glesga City Region an mey suggest a correlation atween the twa. Glesga City Region's strategic development authority descrieves itsel as the plannin authoritie for the "Glesga metropolitan area"[18] an the "metropolitan city-region o Glesga".[15]

The umwhile local govrenment region o Strathclyde haes been identifeed as a metropolitan area surroondin the Greater Glesga conurbation an aw, an covers approximately 2.3 million fowk, 41% o Scotland's population.[19]

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Coordinates: 55°51′43″N 4°15′16″W / 55.86200°N 4.25448°W / 55.86200; -4.25448