Greater Glesga

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Greater Glesga Scots Gaelic: Mòr-Ghlaschu Inglis: Greater Glasgow
Satellite eemage shawin the Greater Glesga Area
Area	142.27 sq mi (368.5 km2) [1]
Population	1,209,143 [2]
Leid	Inglis, Scots, Gaelic[3]
OS grid reference	NS590655
• Edinburgh	42 mi (68 km)
• Lunnon	403 mi (649 km)
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	GLASGOW
Postcode destrict	G1–G84
Post toun	PAISLEY
Postcode destrict	PA1–PA19
Post toun	MOTHERWELL
Postcode destrict	ML1–ML8
Diallin code	0141, 01236, 01355, 01360, 01389, 01505, 01698, 01475
EU Pairlament	Scotland
Leet o places UK Scotland

Greater Glesga is a urban airt in Scotland conseistin o aw localities that is physical bindit tae the city o Glesga, formin wi it a single contiguous urban area (or conurbation). It disnae relate tae municipal govrenment mairches an its territorial extent is defined bi the General Register Office for Scotland, that determines settlements in Scotland for census an statistical purposes. Greater Glesga haed a population o 1,199,629 at the 2001 census^[4] makkin it the maistmuckle urban area in Scotland an the fift maistmuckle in the Unitit Kinrick.^[5]

In addition tae bein the name o this true conurbation, the term Greater Glesga is informally uised tae refer tae the general area surroondin the City o Glesga. Despite this, Greater Glesga shoud no be confused wi the wider Glesga City Region, that conseists o Glesga City Cooncil an 7 surroondin local authorities in thair entireties, sicweys includin no anerlie the Greater Glesga urban airt but ither settlements fully detached frae it an aw. This city-region is descrieved as a metropolitan area bi its awn strategic plannin authority, an is seemlar tae the Glesga metropolitan area identifeed bi the European Union.

The City o Glesga in the late 19t an early 20t yeirhunners growed tae haein a population o ower ane million fowk an wis the third city in Europe tae reach ane million, efter Lunnon an Paris.^[6] The offeecial population stayed well ower ane million for mair nor 50 years.^[7] Housomeivver, in the 1960s lairge-scale relocation tae new touns in the suburban area o the city an mony mairch chynges syne then hae reduced the population o the core City o Glesga cooncil area tae 580,690 (August 2007).^[8]

1. ↑ "Analyser UV02". Scrol.gov.uk. Archived frae the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 4 August 2007. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
2. ↑ Urban area
3. ↑ "Layout 1" (PDF). Glasgow.gov.uk. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
4. ↑ "Key Statistics for Settlements and Localities Scotland". General Register Office for Scotland. Archived frae the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 8 September 2008.
5. ↑ The UK’s major urban areas Office for National Statistics, 2005
6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived frae the original on 19 Apryle 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. ↑ "Glasgow Scotland through time | Population Statistics | Total Population". Archived frae the original on 27 Apryle 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
8. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named aug2007population