East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire
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East Renfrewshire shown within Scotland | |
| Coordinates: 55°47′54″N 4°17′27″W / 55.7984°N 4.2907°W | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Lieutenancy area | Renfrewshire |
| Unitary authority | 1 April 1996 |
| Administrative HQ | Giffnock |
| Government | |
| • Type | Council |
| • Body | East Renfrewshire Council |
| • Control | No overall control |
| • MPs | Blair McDougall (L) |
| • MSPs | 2 MSPs
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| Area | |
• Total | 67 sq mi (174 km2) |
| • Rank | 28th |
| Population (2024) | |
• Total | 99,830 |
| • Rank | 23rd |
| • Density | 1,480/sq mi (573/km2) |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-ERW |
| GSS code | S12000011 |
| Website | eastrenfrewshire |
East Renfrewshire (Scots: Aest Renfrewshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù an Ear) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It was formed in 1996, as a successor to the Eastwood district of the Strathclyde region.
Clockwise, East Renfrewshire borders Glasgow to the northeast, South Lanarkshire to the southeast, East Ayrshire to the southwest, North Ayrshire to the west and Renfrewshire to the northwest. Many of the council area's northern settlements fall into the Greater Glasgow urban area.
Until 1975, the council area formed part of the county of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde. These three council areas together still form a single lieutenancy area called Renfrewshire.