Overview
Revenue
Non-Applicable per year
Headquarters
Falkirk, Falkirk
Category
Government Administration
Falkirk Council is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District Council by way of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994. Prior to 1975 the majority of the Falkirk Council area was part of the county of Stirlingshire. Bo'ness and Blackness were part of the former county of West Lothian. The Falkirk Council area borders with North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Lothian, and, across the Firth of Forth to the northeast, Clackmannanshire and Fife. Falkirk Council is one of 32 unitary authority council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996 from the exact boundaries of Falkirk District Council by way of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1994. Prior to 1975 the majority of the Falkirk Council area was part of the county of Stirlingshire. Bo'ness and Blackness were part of the former county of West Lothian. The Falkirk Council area borders with North Lanarkshire, Stirling and West Lothian, and, across the Firth of Forth to the northeast, Clackmannanshire and Fife. Schools & education Falkirk Council - Schools and education in Falkirk. . Service · Free school meals & clothing grants · Instrumental Music Service · Parental involvement and engagement census . Falkirk Council is a unitary authority which provides all local government services for the Falkirk Council area. Covering 112 square miles, it has a population of 151,570 and extends from Banknock in the west to Blackness in the east and from South Alloa in the North as far as Limerigg in the southThe area contains varied countryside, including areas of considerable landscape quality. It also contains the port of Grangemouth and depends for its prosperity on a broad industrial base which includes sizeable industrial areas in Falkirk and Grangemouth.
