Lanarkshire 164890 226185207 2008-07-17T05:59:37Z CarsracBot 6929011 robot Adding: [[simple:Lanarkshire]] {{infobox Scotland county| |County= Lanark |Image= [[Image:Lanarkshire Traditional.png|230px]] |SizeRank= 9th |Size= 574,439 acres (2325 km²) |Water= ? |CountyTown= [[Lanark]] |ChapmanCode=LKS }} '''Lanarkshire''' (''Siorrachd Lannraig'' in [[Scottish Gaelic|Gaelic]]), officially the '''County of Lanark''', was formerly a [[Counties of Scotland|county]] of [[Scotland]]. It was bounded to the north by [[Stirlingshire]] and a detached portion of [[Dunbartonshire]], to the northeast by Stirlingshire, [[West Lothian]], to the east by [[Peeblesshire]], to the southeast and south by [[Dumfriesshire]], to the southwest by Dumfriesshire and [[Ayrshire]] and to the west by Ayrshire, [[Renfrewshire]] and Dunbartonshire. The city of [[Glasgow]] was part of Lanarkshire until 1893. Lanarkshire was for some purposes treated as three separate counties: the upper, middle and lower wards, until the [[Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889]]. ==Local government== In 1975 the [[county council]] was superseded by the [[Strathclyde]] [[Region (Scotland)|region]], which itself was superseded by [[Council areas of Scotland|unitary authorities]] in 1996. Lanarkshire is now covered by the council areas of [[North Lanarkshire]], [[South Lanarkshire]], the [[City of Glasgow]] and part of [[East Dunbartonshire]]. North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire have a joint board for valuation and electoral registration. There is also a joint health board, which does not cover [[Rutherglen]] and the surrounding area in South Lanarkshire. Without the northern portion of North Lanarkshire, this is also a [[Lieutenancy areas of Scotland|Lieutenancy area]]. ==Geography== ==Rivers== *[[North Medwin River]] *[[South Medwin River]] {{Scotland counties}} {{coor title dm|55|35|N|3|50|W|region:GB_type:adm2nd_source:GNS-enwiki}} [[Category:Counties of Scotland]] [[Category:Lanarkshire]] [[Category:Lieutenancy areas of Scotland]] [[br:Siorrachd Lannraig]] [[de:Lanarkshire]] [[es:Lanarkshire]] [[gd:Siorrachd Lannraig]] [[it:Lanarkshire]] [[no:Lanarkshire]] [[pt:Lanarkshire]] [[simple:Lanarkshire]]