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Port Glesca

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(Reguidit frae Port Glasgow)
Port Glesca
Port Glesca is located in Scotland
Port Glesca
Port Glesca
Location within Scotland
Population16,617 (2001 census)
OS grid referenceNS321746
Cooncil area
Lieutenancy area
KintraScotland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Post tounPORT GLASGOW
Postcode destrictPA14
Diallin code01475
PoliceScots
FireScots
AmbulanceScots
EU PairlamentScotland
UK Pairlament
Scots Pairlament
Leet o places
UK
Scotland
55°56′N 4°41′W / 55.94°N 4.69°W / 55.94; -4.69Coordinates: 55°56′N 4°41′W / 55.94°N 4.69°W / 55.94; -4.69

Port Glesca (Scots Gaelic: Port Ghlaschu, pronounced [pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈɣlˠ̪as̪əxu], Inglis: Port Glasgow) is the seicont lairgest toun in the Inverclyde cooncil aurie o Scotland. The population accordin tae the 1991 census for Port Glesga wis 19,426 persons an in the 2001 census wis 16,617 persons. It is locatit immediately tae the east o Greenock an wis previously a burgh in the umwhile coonty o Renfrew.