Dunbartonshire
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Dunbartonshire () or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Perthshire to the north, Stirlingshire to the east, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire to the south, and Argyllshire to the west.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Dumbarton
- Settlement.native_name
- Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ga
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historic county
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.flag_link
- Flag of Dumbarton
- Settlement.image_map
- Dunbartonshire-Scotland.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Scotland
- Settlement.seat_type
- County town
- Settlement.seat
- Dumbarton
- Settlement.unit_pref
- UK
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 241
- Settlement.area_note
- Ranked 29th of 34
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Chapman code
- Settlement.postal_code
- DNB
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Name
- History
- Geography
- Boundaries and the Cumbernauld exclave
- Transport
- Settlements
- Towns
- Villages and hamlets
- Glasgow conurbation
- Cumbernauld exclave
- Civil parishes
- Military connections
- References
- Bibliography
Dunbartonshire () or the County of Dumbarton is a historic county, lieutenancy area and registration county in the west central Lowlands of Scotland lying to the north of the River Clyde. Dunbartonshire borders Perthshire to the north, Stirlingshire to the east, Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire to the south, and Argyllshire to the west.
The county covered a similar area to the earldom and later duchy of Lennox. The historic county gives its name to two of Scotland's modern council areas, being East Dunbartonshire and West Dunbartonshire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dunbartonshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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