South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire

Scottish Gaelic: *Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas*
South Lanarkshire Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas
MPs	David Mundell (Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale); Lisa Cameron (East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow); Angela Crawley (Lanark and Hamilton East); Michael Shanks (Rutherglen and Hamilton West);
• MSPs	Màiri McAllan (Clydesdale); Collette Stevenson (East Kilbride); Christina McKelvie (Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse); Clare Haughey (Rutherglen); Stephanie Callaghan (Uddingston and Bellshill);
Area
• Total	684 sq mi (1,772 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 5th
• Density	470/sq mi (180/km2)
ONS code	S12000029
ISO 3166 code	GB-SLK
Largest town	East Kilbride
Largest urban area	Hamilton, South Lanarkshire
Website	www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk

South Lanarkshire (

county of Lanarkshire

.

Governance

South Lanarkshire is served by the South Lanarkshire Council. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn.

Geography

The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as

new town

.

Settlements

Glasgow

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The largest settlements in South Lanarkshire.

Settlement	Population (mid-2020 est.)^[1]
East Kilbride	75,310
Hamilton	54,480
Rutherglen	30,950
Cambuslang	30,790
Blantyre	16,800
Larkhall	15,030
Carluke	13,810
Lanark	8,880
Strathaven	8,090
Bothwell	6,870
Uddingston	6,300
Stonehouse	5,550
Kirkmuirhill and Blackwood	4,380
Lesmahagow	4,300
Law	3,090
Biggar	2,640

v t e Settlements in South Lanarkshire
Towns	Biggar Blantyre Bothwell Cambuslang Carluke East Kilbride Hamilton Larkhall Lanark Lesmahagow Rutherglen Strathaven Uddingston
Villages and hamlets	Abington Allanton Ashgill Auchengray Auchenheath Auchlochan Auldhouse Bankend Blackwood Braidwood Burnbank Caldermill Carnwath Carstairs Carstairs Junction Cartland Chapelton Cleghorn Coalburn Coulter Crawford Crawfordjohn Crossford Dalserf Dolphinton Douglas Dunsyre Elsrickle Forth Garrion Bridge Glassford Jackton Kilncadzow Kirkfieldbank Kirkmuirhill Law Leadhills Libberton Netherburn New Lanark Newbigging Nerston Pettinain Quarter Quothquan Ravenstruther Rigside Roberton Rosebank Sandford Stonehouse Symington Tarbrax Thankerton Thorntonhall Tillietudlem Walston Wiston Woolfords Yieldshields
List of places in South Lanarkshire

v t e Local government of Scotland
Council areas	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee City East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire City of Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow City Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar (Western Isles) North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian
Councils	Aberdeen City Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll and Bute Clackmannanshire Dumfries and Galloway Dundee City East Ayrshire East Dunbartonshire East Lothian East Renfrewshire City of Edinburgh Falkirk Fife Glasgow City Highland Inverclyde Midlothian Moray Comhairle nan Eilean Siar North Ayrshire North Lanarkshire Orkney Islands Perth and Kinross Renfrewshire Scottish Borders Shetland Islands South Ayrshire South Lanarkshire Stirling West Dunbartonshire West Lothian
density

South Lanarkshire

Governance

Geography

Settlements

Other settlements

Places of interest

Tertiary education

See also

References

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