Administrative History
The County of Clackmannan is one of Scotland's 33 historic local government counties, bordering on Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife. It was formed out of part of the north-western area of a territory anciently known as Ross.
The county town was originally Clackmannan, but by 1822 neighbouring Alloa had outgrown Clackmannan and replaced it as the county town.
Some rationalisation of the county boundaries was undertaken in 1889-1890, and in 1971 the Muckhart and Glendevon areas, formerly in the county of Perth, were transferred to Clackmannanshire.
In 1975, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the 33 historic Counties we abolished, and a new hierarchy of nine Regions and fifty-nine Districts was created. Clackmannanshire became part of the Central Region, under the name Clackmannan District, together with Stirling District and Falkirk District.
The historic name was restored in 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994. The area was to have the name, Clackmannan, but following strong local pressure this was changed to Clackmannanshire by the council using its own powers.
In terms of population, it is the smallest council area in mainland Scotland, with a population of 48,630 (in 2005), around half of whom live in the main town and administrative centre, Alloa.
The motto of Clackmannanshire is "Look Aboot Ye" (Circumspice in Latin). In 2007 a re-branding exercise led to the area adopting the slogan "More Than You Imagine".
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