Renfrewshire - Definition and Overview

Renfrewshire
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 24th 261 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Paisley
ISO 3166-2:	GB-RFW
ONS code:	00RC
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 9th 172,867 662 / km²
Politics
Renfrewshire Council http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk
Control:	Labour
MPs:	Irene Adams Douglas Alexander James Sheridan
Traditional Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire is one of 32 unitary authority regions in Scotland. It borders onto North Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, City of Glasgow, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire. The 1975-96 district of Renfrew covered a slightly larger area, and included the towns of Barrhead, Neilston and Uplawmoor, which, following the abolition of Strathclyde Region in 1996, were transferred into the new East Renfrewshire authority.

The traditional county of Renfrewshire covers a much larger region, including areas today administered as Inverclyde and East Renfrewshire. Historic Renfrewshire also includes several areas annexed to and subsequently enveloped by neighbouring Glasgow in the 1920s. Renfrewshire is retained as a Lieutenancy Area. Towns and villages

• Bishopton, Bridge of Weir, Brookfield
• Craigends, Crosslee
• Elderslie, Erskine
• Houston, Howwood
• Inchinnan
• Johnstone
• Kilbarchan
• Linwood, Lochwinnoch
• Paisley
• Ralston, Ranfurly, Renfrew

Places of interest

• Braehead
• Castle Semple
• Erskine Bridge
• Muirshiel
• Paisley Abbey

Scotland | Council Areas of Scotland

Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highland | Inverclyde | Midlothian | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanarkshire | Orkney | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland | South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire | West Lothian