West Dunbartonshire council area

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West Dunbartonshire council area is a local government region in western Scotland that includes towns such as Dumbarton and Clydebank along the River Clyde.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf council area of Scotland
local government area
borders Argyll and Bute NERFINISHED
East Dunbartonshire
Glasgow City
Renfrewshire NERFINISHED
Stirling
contains Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park
surface form: Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park (part)
containsPartOf Loch Lomond
containsSettlement Alexandria
Balloch
Bonhill
Bowling
Clydebank
Dumbarton
Milton
Old Kilpatrick
Renton
country Scotland
createdBy Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994
governingBody West Dunbartonshire Council
hasAdministrativeCentre Dumbarton
hasCoastlineOn Firth of Clyde
hasGovernmentType unitary authority
hasLeaderTitle Council Leader
hasLieutenancyArea Dunbartonshire NERFINISHED
hasMajorIndustry manufacturing (historically)
shipbuilding (historically)
hasMinorityLanguage Scots
Scottish Gaelic
hasParliamentaryConstituency West Dunbartonshire (UK Parliament constituency)
hasPostcodeArea G
hasRiver River Clyde
River Leven
hasScottishParliamentConstituency Dumbarton (Scottish Parliament constituency)
hasScottishParliamentRegion West Scotland
locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
West of Scotland
surface form: western Scotland
locatedOn River Clyde
officialLanguage English
partOf Scotland
United Kingdom
replaced Clydebank
surface form: Clydebank district

Dumbartonshire
surface form: Dumbarton district
timeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time

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Antonine Wall presentDayMunicipalities West Dunbartonshire council area
Cardross locatedIn West Dunbartonshire council area
Alexandria administrativeTerritory West Dunbartonshire council area
subject surface form: Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire
this entity surface form: West Dunbartonshire Council area
River Leven (West Dunbartonshire) administrativeRegion West Dunbartonshire council area
Dalmuir partOf West Dunbartonshire council area
Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland administrativeArea West Dunbartonshire council area
this entity surface form: West Dunbartonshire Council area
Old Kilpatrick partOf West Dunbartonshire council area
Kilpatrick Hills partOf West Dunbartonshire council area
this entity surface form: West Dunbartonshire Council area
Garelochhead locatedIn West Dunbartonshire council area
River Leven crossesAdministrativeArea West Dunbartonshire council area
this entity surface form: West Dunbartonshire Council area