Strathclyde

pop (2000e) 2 293 000; area 13 537 km²/5225 sq mi. Former region in W and C Scotland, UK, established in 1975, and replaced in 1996 by 10 local councils: Argyll and Bute, West Dunbartonshire, East Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, City of Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, East Ayrshire, South Ayrshire.

The Region

Strathclyde Region was named after the Kingdom of Strathclyde, which covered broadly the same area (with the significant exceptions of Argyll and the islands of Bute and Arran.)

It was the region with the largest land area in the country, with a population in excess of 2 million and an area stretching from the Highlands to the Southern Uplands.

Sub-regions and Districts

There were 19 districts within Strathclyde Region which lay within 6 sub-regions:

Argyll Sub-region (also known as Argyll and Bute)

Argyll (also known as Argyll and Bute)

Ayr Sub-region

Cumnock and Doon Valley Cunninghame Kilmarnock and Loudoun Kyle and Carrick

Dunbarton Sub-region

Bearsden and Milngavie Clydebank Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Dumbarton Strathkelvin

Glasgow Sub-region

Glasgow

Lanark Sub-region

Clydesdale East Kilbride Hamilton Monklands Motherwell

Renfrew Sub-region

Eastwood Renfrew Inverclyde

The modern unitary authorities in the former Strathclyde Region

The regional tier of government was abolished in 1996 and its responsibilities merged with the District Councils to create unitary authorities (of which there are 32 in Scotland). The following Unitary Authorities cover parts of the former Strathclyde Region:

Argyll and Bute East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire City of Glasgow Inverclyde North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Renfrewshire South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire West Dunbartonshire

Some local services which used to be run by the regional council are now run jointly by its successor authorities.