Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire ( ; ; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. Renfrewshire is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde. The current council area of Renfrewshire was established in 1996. The town of Paisley is the area's main settlement and centre of local government. The area also contains the historic county town of Renfrew.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Renfrewshire
Settlement.settlement_type: Council area
Settlement.image_shield: Coat of Arms of Renfrewshire.svg
Settlement.image_map: Renfrewshire UK location map.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Renfrewshire shown within Scotland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Sovereign state
Settlement.subdivision_name: United Kingdom
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Scotland
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Lieutenancy area
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Renfrewshire
Settlement.established_title: Unitary authority
Settlement.established_date: 1 April 1996
Settlement.seat_type: AdministrativeHQ
Settlement.seat: Renfrewshire House, Paisley
Settlement.government_type: Council
Settlement.governing_body: Renfrewshire Council
Settlement.leader_title: Control

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Toponymy
History
Settlements
Communities
Demographics
Languages
Culture
Governance
Wider politics
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Referendum results
Education
Transport
Places of interest
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The council area has the same name as the historic county of Renfrewshire, which had been abolished for local government purposes in 1975, but the modern council area only covers the central part of the historic county. The eastern part of the pre-1975 county is covered by the East Renfrewshire council area, and the western part by the Inverclyde council area.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Renfrewshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.