Clackmannanshire

Clackmannanshire Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann
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Coordinates: 56°10′N 3°45′W / 56.167°N 3.750°W / 56.167; -3.750
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Clackmannanshire
Admin HQ	Alloa (since 1822) Clackmannan (until 1822)
Government
• Body	Clackmannanshire Council
• Control	SNP minority (council NOC)
• MPs	John Nicolson, Scottish National Party
• MSPs	Keith Brown, Scottish National Party
Area
• Total	61 sq mi (159 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 30th
Population  (2022)
• Total	51,750
• Rank	Ranked 29th
• Density	840/sq mi (330/km2)
ONS code	S12000005
ISO 3166 code	GB-CLK

Clackmannanshire (/klækˈmænənˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ ^ⓘ; Scots: Clackmannanshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Chlach Mhanann), or the County of Clackmannan, is a historic county, council area, registration county and lieutenancy area in Scotland, bordering the council areas of Stirling, Fife, and Perth and Kinross. In terms of historic counties it borders Perthshire, Stirlingshire and Fife.

The name consists of elements from three languages. The first element is from Scottish Gaelic: Clach meaning "Stone". Mannan is a derivative of the Brythonic name of the Manaw, the Iron Age tribe who inhabited the area. The final element is the English word shire. As Britain's smallest historic county, it is often nicknamed "The Wee County". When written, Clackmannanshire is commonly abbreviated to Clacks.