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Falkirk Council

Local authority area: Falkirk · An Eaglais Bhreac

Falkirk is a scottish council area in Scotland. It covers 297.4 km² and had 160,890 residents in 2019 — about 541 people per km². The authority dates from 1996. The council is based in Falkirk.

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Town hall in the administrative centreGrangemouth Municipal Buildings, Falkirk

People

Population

Estimates recorded for Falkirk, 2001–2019.

Residents, 2019160,890+10.8% since 2001

Land area297.4km²114.8 sq mi

Density541/ km²people per square kilometre

Rank by population#170of 382 UK councils · #11 in Scotland

Population estimates19 data points

151.1K152.3K153.3K154.2K155.1K156.2K156.8K157.2K157.7K158.5K159.4K160.1K160.3K160.9K

20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019

History

How the council came to be

1996
Created
Falkirk became a local authority area.

Abroad

Twinned with

CréteilQuimper

Same region, same type

Other scottish council areas in Scotland

All councils in Scotland

Glasgow City633,120 City of Edinburgh524,930 Fife373,550 North Lanarkshire341,370 South Lanarkshire320,530 Aberdeenshire261,210 Highland235,830 Aberdeen City228,670 West Lothian183,100 Renfrewshire179,100 Perth and Kinross151,950 Dundee City149,320

Elections

9 electoral wards

All wards of Falkirk

Visit

Council offices

Offices, town halls and local council offices in the area.

TBo'ness Town HallTown hall · Bo'ness EH51 9NJ

Westminster

Constituencies

Falkirk · 6 wards Alloa and Grangemouth · 3 wards Bathgate and Linlithgow · 1 ward

Source: Wikidata Q216802 (CC0)Figures as recorded with their reference year; boundaries may have changed since.