Motherwell (district)

55°48′N 3°56′W / 55.80°N 3.93°W / 55.80; -3.93

Motherwell
District

Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell

Motherwell district within Scotland
Population
  1994143,730
History
  Created16 May 1975
  Abolished31 March 1996
  Succeeded by(Part of) North Lanarkshire
StatusDistrict
GovernmentMotherwell District Council
  HQMotherwell

Motherwell (Scottish Gaelic: Tobar na Màthar, Scots: Mitherwall or Murwall) was a local government district in the Strathclyde region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996, lying to the south-east of the regional capital Glasgow.