North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire

*Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath* (Scottish Gaelic)
*North Lanrikshire* (Scots)
North Lanarkshire Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath (Scottish Gaelic); North Lanrikshire (Scots);
Council area
	Coat of arms
	North Lanarkshire shown within Scotland
	Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°55′19″W / 55.829°N 3.922°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Lanarkshire (part); Dunbartonshire (part);
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Motherwell Civic Centre
Government
• Type	Council
• Body	North Lanarkshire Council
• Control	No overall control
• MPs	4 MPs Steven Bonnar (SNP) ; Marion Fellows (SNP) ; Anum Qaisar (SNP) ; Stuart McDonald (SNP) ;
• MSPs	5 MSPs Jamie Hepburn (SNP) ; Stephanie Callaghan (SNP) ; Clare Adamson (SNP) ; Fulton MacGregor (SNP) ; Neil Gray (SNP) ;
Area
• Total	180 sq mi (470 km2)
• Rank	19th
Population (2022)
• Total	340,930
• Rank	4th
• Density	1,880/sq mi (725/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	GB-NLK
GSS code	S12000050
Website	northlanarkshire.gov.uk

North Lanarkshire (Scots: North Lanrikshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns, and villages. It also borders East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Stirling, South Lanarkshire, and West Lothian. The council area covers parts of the historic counties of Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire, and Stirlingshire. The council is based in Motherwell.

The area was formed in 1996, covering the districts of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell, and Monklands, plus the Chryston and Auchinloch areas from Strathkelvin district, all of which had been in the Strathclyde region between 1975 and 1996. As a new single-tier authority, North Lanarkshire became responsible for all functions previously performed by both the regional council and the district councils, which were abolished.