The Glasgow City Region, is a collection of local authorities clustered around Glasgow. The eight constituent authorities are:
- Glasgow
- East Dunbartonshire
- West Dunbartonshire
- North Lanarkshire
- South Lanarkshire
- East Renfrewshire
- Renfrewshire
- Inverclyde
The estimated population of this area in 2007 was 1,750,500. The city region is not a conurbation as significant parts of the council areas (and the whole of Inverclyde) are separated from Greater Glasgow by open countryside. It uses numerous other terms for itself, including Metropolitan Glasgow, the metropolitan City-Region of Glasgow" and Glasgow and the Clyde Valley. The city region has no single municipal government, the eight authorities instead form a combined strategic planning authority.
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