# Stirlin (cooncil area)

| Stirling *Sruighlea Stirling* |
| --- |
|  |
| Admin HQ | Stirlin |
| Govrenment |
|  • Bodi | Stirlin Cooncil |
|  • Control | SNP + Lab (cooncil NOC) |
|  • MPs | * Stephen Kerr
 |
|  • MSPs | * Keith Brown\*Bruce Crawford
 |
| Area |
|  • Total | 2,186 km2 (844 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 9th |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) |
|  • Total | 93,800 |
|  • Rank | Rankit 24th |
|  • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| ONS code | S12000030 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-STG |
| Website | www.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.

## Touns an veilages

* Aiberfyle
* Ardchyle
* Ardeonaig
* Arnprior
* Auchtubh
* Bawmaha
* Bannockburn
* Blair Drummond
* Boquhan
* Boreland
* Brig Allan
* Brig o Turk
* Buchanan Smithy
* Buchlyvie
* Callander
* Cammusbarron
* Cammuskenneth
* Campsie
* Cowie
* Craigdownins
* Craigruie
* Crianlarich
* Craftamie
* Doune
* Dronnin
* Dunblane
* Fallin
* Fintry
* Gargunnock
* Gartmair
* Gartness
* Inversnaid
* Killearn
* Killin
* Kinbuck
* Kinlochard
* Kippen
* Lecropt
* Lochearnheid
* Mid Lecropt
* Milton
* Milton o Buchanan
* Mugdock
* Port o Menteith
* Plean
* Raploch
* Rowardennan
* St Ninians
* Stirlin
* Strathblane
* Strathyre
* Stronachlachar
* Thornhill
* Throsk
* Torbrex
* Tyndrum

## Steids o interest

* Carse o Lecropt
* Culcreuch Castil
* Inchmahome Priory (the wrack o an Augustinian priory on an iland in the Loch o Menteith, uis'd as a beild in 1547 bi Mary, Queen o Scots)
* Breadalbane Fowklair Centur
* Camskenneth Abbey (the umwhyl seat o the Scottish Parliament)
* Doune Castil
* Faws o Dochart
* Faws o Lochay
* Glen Dochart
* Glenfinlas
* Laich o Menteith
* Lecropt Kirk
* Loch Achray
* Loch Aird
* Loch Earn
* Loch Lomond an the Trossachs Naitional Pairk
* Loch Katrine (the source o maist o the drinkin wattir for the ceitie o Glesga)
* Loch Rusky
* Loch Venachar
* Moirlannich Langhouss
* Queen Elizabeth Forest Pairk
* Stirlin Castil
* The Trossachs
* Wallace Monument
* Wast Hieland Wey

|   Cooncil areas o Scotland |  |
| --- | --- |
|
Ceity o Aiberdeen |
Aiberdeenshire |
Angus |
Argyll an Bute |
Clackmannanshire |
Dumfries an Gallowa |
Ceetie o Dundee |
East Ayrshire |
East Dunbartonshire |
East Lowden |
East Renfrewshire |
Edinburgh |
Fawkirk |
Fife |
Ceetie o Glesga |
Hieland |
Inverclyde |
The Mairches |
Midlowden |
Moray |
North Ayrshire |
North Lanrikshire |
Orkney |
Perth an Kinross |
Renfrewshire |
Shetland |
Sooth Ayrshire |
Sooth Lanrikshire |
Stirlin |
Wast Dunbartonshire |
Wast Lowden |
The Waster Isles |