Lanark
—  County (until circa 1890)  —
Country	Scotland
County town	Lanark (historic) Hamilton (modern)
Area
• Total	2,325 km2 (898 sq mi)
	Ranked 9th
Chapman code	LKS

Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland. Historically, Lanarkshire was the most populous county in Scotland and, in earlier times, had considerably greater boundaries, including neighbouring Renfrewshire until 1402. ^[1] In modern times, it was bounded to the north by Stirlingshire and a detached portion of Dunbartonshire, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, West Lothian, to the east by Peeblesshire, to the southeast and south by Dumfriesshire, to the southwest by Dumfriesshire and Ayrshire and to the west by Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Dunbartonshire.

Lanarkshire was historically divided between two administrative areas then, in the mid-18th century, was divided again into three wards: the upper, middle and lower wards with their administrative centres at Lanark, Hamilton and Glasgow respectively and remained this way until the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889. Other significant settlements include East Kilbride, Motherwell, Airdrie, Coatbridge, Blantyre, Cambuslang, Rutherglen and Wishaw.^[2]

Local government[link]

In 1975, the county council was abolished and the area absorbed into the larger Strathclyde region, which itself was divided into new Council Areas in 1996. The old area of Lanarkshire is now mainly occupied by the council areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.

North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire have a joint board for valuation and electoral registration. There is also a joint health board, which does not cover Rutherglen and the surrounding area in South Lanarkshire. Without the northern portion of North Lanarkshire, this is also a Lieutenancy area.

Geography[link]

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Events[link]

Lanarkshire hosted the International Children's Games in August 2011 ^[3]. A total of 1,300 competitors and coaches, along with administrators and delegates, representing 77 cities from 33 countries worldwide attended.

Rivers[link]

• North Medwin River
• South Medwin River
• River Clyde
• River Avon
• South Calder Water

References[link]

Coordinates: 55°35′N 3°50′W / 55.583°N 3.833°W / 55.583; -3.833

Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°55′19″W / 55.829°N 3.922°W / 55.829; -3.922

North Lanarkshire North Lanrikshire Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath
Logo Coat of arms Logo Coat of arms
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 19th
- Total	470 km2 (181 sq mi)
Admin HQ	Motherwell
ISO 3166-2	GB-NLK
ONS code	00QZ
Demographics
Population	Ranked 4th
- Total (2010 est.)	326,400
- Density	695 / km²
Politics
North Lanarkshire Council http://www.northlan.gov.uk/
Control
Labour
MPs	Tom Clarke Gregg McClymont Pamela Nash Frank Roy
MSPs	John Pentland Alex Neil Elaine Smith Jamie Hepburn Michael McMahon

North Lanarkshire (Scots: North Lanrikshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire. The council covers parts of the traditional counties of Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire, and Stirlingshire.

The area was formed in 1996, largely from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell and Monklands districts and significant elements of Strathclyde Regional Council.

Principal towns (10,000+ in population)[link]

• Cumbernauld - 49,664
• Coatbridge - 41,170
• Airdrie - 36,326
• Motherwell - 30,312
• Bellshill - 30,000 (approx.)
• Wishaw - 28,565
• Kilsyth - 10,100

Small towns and villages[link]

Council political composition[link]

External links[link]

• North Lanarkshire at the Open Directory Project

v t e   Settlements in North Lanarkshire Principal Towns (Over 10,000) Airdrie · Bellshill · Coatbridge · Cumbernauld · Kilsyth · Motherwell · Wishaw Other towns and villages Allanton · Auchinloch · Annathill · Banton · Bargeddie · Bogside · Bonkle · Cardowan · Calderbank · Caldercruix · Carfin · Carnbroe · Chapelhall · Chryston · Cleland · Forrestfield · Garrion Bridge · Gartcosh · Glenboig · Harthill · Holytown · Longriggend · Mollinsburn · Moodiesburn · Mossend · Muirhead · Newarthill · Newhouse · Newmains · New Stevenston · Overtown · Plains · Queenzieburn · Ravenscraig · Riggend · Salsburgh · Shotts · Stepps · Viewpark Places of interest Airdrie Public Observatory · Bedlay Castle · Carfin Grotto · Clyde Valley · Dalzell House · Dalziel Park · Drumpellier · M&Ds · Newhouse Research Site · Ravenscraig Regional Sports Facility · Summerlee, Museum of Scottish Industrial Life · Strathclyde Country Park ·