Falkirk (Council Area)

Falkirk to Eaglais Bhreac
Administrative headquarters	Falkirk
surface	297 km² (22.)
Residents	156,800 (2012) (11.)
ISO 3166-2	GB-FAL
ONS code	00QQ
Website	www.falkirk.gov.uk

Places in Falkirk

Falkirk ( Gaelic to Eaglais Bhreac ) is one of 32  Council Areas in Scotland . It borders North Lanarkshire , Stirling and West Lothian . The county comprises parts of the traditional counties of Stirlingshire and West Lothian.

Area forums

The area of ​​the Council Area is divided into six Area Forums , which in turn include the following communities:

Bo'ness Area Forum

• Blackness
• Bo'ness

Braes Area Forum

• Avonbridge
• Brightons
• California
• Laurieston
• Limerigg
• Maddiston
• Polmont
• Redding
• Reddingmuirhead
• Rumford
• Shieldhill
• Slamannan
• Standburn
• Wallacestone
• West Quarter
• Whitecross

Denny, Bonnybridge & Banknock Area Forum

• Allandale
• Banknock
• Bonnybridge
• Denny
• Dennyloanhead
• Dunipace
• Haggs
• Longcroft

Falkirk Area Forum

• Bainsford
• Camelon
• Falkirk
• Hallglen / Glen Village
• Tamfourhill
• Woodlands

Grangemouth Area Forum

• Grangemouth
• Skinflats

Larbert & Stenhousemuir Area Forum

• Airth
• Carron
• Carronshore
• Dunmore
• Larbert
• Letham
• Stenhousemuir
• Torwood

Council

The Falkirk Council has 30 seats, which are distributed among the parties as follows:

Political party	Seats
Scottish National Party	12
Scottish Labor	9
Scottish Conservatives	7th
Independently	2

Partnerships

Certificate of the 40-year partnership between the Falkirk Council and the Odenwaldkreis in the district office in Erbach (Odenwald)

The Falkirk Council has had a friendly partnership with the Odenwaldkreis since 1969 .

See also

• List of Category A structures in the Falkirk Council Area

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mid-2012 Population ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 1.2 MB)
2. ↑ Results of the regional elections 2017

Web links

Commons : Falkirk  - collection of images, videos and audio files