Place:Falkirk (council area), Scotland
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NameFalkirk (council area)
TypeUnitary authority
Located inScotland     (1996 - )
See alsoCentral Scotland, Scotlandregion which covered Falkirk (council area) 1975-1996
Stirlingshire, Scotlandtraditional county covering most of the council area prior to 1975
West Lothian, Scotlandtraditional county covering two parishes prior to 1975
Contained Places
Unknown
Laurieston
Inhabited place
Airth ( 1996 - )
Bannockburn
Blackness
Camelon
Carron
Denny ( 1996 - )
Dunipace ( 1996 - )
Shieldhill
Stenhousemuir
Parish
Airth ( 1996 - )
Denny ( 1996 - )
Dunipace ( 1996 - )
Falkirk ( 1996 - )
Slamannan ( 1996 - )


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Falkirk is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 by way of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District, one of three parts of the Central region created in 1975, which was abolished at that time. Prior to the 1975 reorganisation, the majority of the council area was part of the historic county of Stirlingshire, and a small part, namely Bo'ness and Blackness, was part of the former county of West Lothian.

The council area borders with North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Lothian, and, across the Firth of Forth to the northeast, Clackmannanshire and Fife. The largest town, and the location of the council headquarters, is Falkirk; other settlements, most of which surround Falkirk within of its centre, include Bo'ness, Bonnybridge, Denny, Grangemouth, Larbert, Polmont, Shieldhill Camelon and Stenhousemuir.

The council is led by the SNP which gained 12 seats in the 2017 Council Election. The incumbent leader of is councillor Cecil Meiklejohn; the provost is Robert Bissett and the deputy provost is Ann Ritchie.

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