Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire (/ˈrɛnfruːʃɪər, -ʃər/) (Scottish Gaelic: [Siorrachd Rinn Friù] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
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Siorrachd Rinn Friù | |
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Coat of arms of Coat of arms | |
| Coordinates: 55°49′47″N 4°32′34″W / 55.829858°N 4.542838°WCoordinates: 55°49′47″N 4°32′34″W / 55.829858°N 4.542838°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | Scotland |
| Lieutenancy area | Renfrewshire |
| Admin HQ | Paisley |
| Government | |
| • Body | Renfrewshire Council |
| • Control | SNP minority (council NOC) |
| • Provost | Lorraine Cameron |
| • Council Leader | Iain Nicolson (SNP) |
| • MPs |
(SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North) |
| • MSPs |
(SNP - Paisley) (SNP - Renfrewshire South) (Independent (Suspended from SNP) - Renfrewshire North and West) |
| • Rank | Ranked |
| • Rank | Ranked |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-RFW |
| Website | www |
It is located in the west central Lowlands. It is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being East Renfrewshire to the east and Inverclyde to the west.
It also shares borders with Glasgow, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde.
Renfrewshire Media
- Paisley Abbey from North West - Leaning western gable - 125mp.jpg
This is a photo of listed building number
- GlasgowAirportFromAir.jpg
Glasgow International Airport
Other websites
- Renfrewshire Events Guide
- Paisley Daily Express local daily newspaper
- The Gazette Newspaper weekly
- Renfrewshire24.co.uk, online only news and events website
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