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Stirlin (cooncil area)

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Coordinates: 56°30′N 4°00′W / 56.5°N 4.0°W / 56.5; -4.0

Stirling

Sruighlea
Stirling
Admin HQStirlin
Govrenment
 • BodiStirlin Cooncil
 • ControlSNP + Lab (cooncil NOC)
 • MPs
 • MSPs
Area
 • Total2,186 km2 (844 sq mi)
Area rankRanked 9th
Population
 (mid-2016 est.)
 • Total93,800
 • RankRankit 24th
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
ONS codeS12000030
ISO 3166 codeGB-STG
Websitewww.stirling.gov.uk

Stirlin (Inglis: Stirling, Scots Gaelic: Sruighlea) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It ligs in the middil o Scotland an kivers maist o the umwhyl coontie o Stirlinshire (athoot Fawkirk) an the sooth-wastren bit o the umwhyl coontie o Perthshire. The cooncil area's heidsteid is the toun o Stirlin.

The cooncil area haes mairches wi Clackmannanshire (til the eist), Fawkirk (til the sooth-eist), Perth an Kinross (til the north an nor'eist), Argyll an Bute (til the north an nor'wast), an baith East an Wast Dunbartonshire til the soothwast.

Maist o the population byds in the area's sootheist nuik, in the toun o Stirlin an in the surroondin Lawland touns. The ither 30% o the population is skailt athort the laundwart, maistlins Hieland kintra til the north.

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