Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire, aften shorten'd til Clacks (Scots Gaelic: Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn), is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland an is a lieutenancie area an aw. It haes mairches wi Perth an Kinross, Stirlin an Fife.

Clackmannanshire Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn
Coat airms
Coordinates: 56°10′N 3°45′W
Admin HQ	Allowae (current) Clackmannan (historic)
Govrenment
• Bodi	Clackmannanshire Cooncil
• Control	SNP minority (cooncil NOC)
• MPs	Luke Graham, Conservative
• MSPs	Keith Brown, Scots Naitional Pairty
Area
• Total	159.0 km2 (61.4 sq mi)
Area rank	Ranked 30th
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	51,400
• Rank	Rankit 29th
• Density	323/km2 (840/sq mi)
ONS code	S12000005
ISO 3166 code	GB-CLK
Website	http://www.clacks.gov.uk/

Atwein 1889 an 1975, the Coontie o Clackmannan wis a local govrenment coontie, haein mairches wi Perthshire, Stirlinshire an Fife. As Scotland's wee-est historic coontie, it wis aft eik-named "The Wee Coontie".

The cooncil area wis remade in 1996, unner the Local Govrenment etc (Scotland) Act 1994. Accordin til the legislation o 1996, the cooncil area wis oreiginallie ti hae the name Clackmannan.

In 2005 it haed aboot 50,600 indwallers. Aboot hauf o the indwallers byd in the main toun, Alloa, whilk is the administrativ centur, haein ootgrowen the toun o Clackmannan in 1822.

The slogan o Clackmannanshire till 2007 wis Look Aboot Ye (Circumspice in Latin) whan it tuik the slogan More Than You Imagine.