Inverclyde

Inverclyde Inerclyde Inbhir Chluaidh
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Coordinates: 55°54′N 4°45′W / 55.900°N 4.750°W / 55.900; -4.750
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Renfrewshire
Admin HQ	Greenock
Government
• Body	Inverclyde Council
• Control	Labour minority (council NOC)
• MPs	Ronnie Cowan
• MSPs	Stuart McMillan Natalie Don
Area
• Total	60 sq mi (160 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 29th
Population  (2022)
• Total	78,340
• Rank	Ranked 28th
• Density	1,300/sq mi (490/km2)
ONS code	S12000018
ISO 3166 code	GB-IVC
Website	www.inverclyde.gov.uk

Inverclyde (Scots: Inerclyde, Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Chluaidh, pronounced [iɲiɾʲˈxl̪ˠuəj], "mouth of the Clyde") is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire, which currently exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area. Inverclyde is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders the North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire council areas, and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde.

Inverclyde was formerly one of nineteen districts within Strathclyde Region, from 1975 until 1996. Prior to 1975, Inverclyde was governed as part of the local government county of Renfrewshire, comprising the burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock, and the former fifth district of the county. Its landward area is bordered by the Kelly, North and South Routen burns to the southwest (separating Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire), part of the River Gryfe and the Finlaystone Burn to the south-east.

It is one of the smallest in terms of area (29th) and population (28th) out of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities. Along with the council areas clustered around Glasgow it is considered part of Greater Glasgow in some definitions,^[1] although it is physically separated from the city area by open countryside and does not share a border with the city.

The name derives from the extinct barony of Inverclyde (1897) conferred upon Sir John Burns of Wemyss Bay and his heirs.