Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire, aften shorten'd til Clacks (), is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland an is a lieutenancie area an aw. It haes mairches wi Perth an Kinross, Stirlin an Fife.

Atwein 1889 an 1975, the Coontie o Clackmannan wis a local govrenment coontie, haein mairches wi Perthshire, Stirlinshire an Fife. As Scotland's wee-est historic coontie, it wis aft eik-named "The Wee Coontie".

The cooncil area wis remade in 1996, unner the Local Govrenment etc (Scotland) Act 1994. Accordin til the legislation o 1996, the cooncil area wis oreiginallie ti hae the name Clackmannan.

In 2005 it haed aboot 50,600 indwallers. Aboot hauf o the indwallers byd in the main toun, Alloa, whilk is the administrativ centur, haein ootgrowen the toun o Clackmannan in 1822.

The slogan o Clackmannanshire till 2007 wis Look Aboot Ye (Circumspice in Latin) whan it tuik the slogan More Than You Imagine.

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