East Kilbride

East Kilbride (Cille Bhrìghde an Ear in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in West Central Scotland, about 10 miles south of Glasgow. East Kilbride emerged from a small village of around 900 inhabitants to a busy new town (the first in Scotland, designated in 1947) with a population of over 74,000 (estimate in 2003). Twinned with the city of Ballerup in Denmark, the town lost out to Stirling in 2002 to be granted city status for the Queen's Golden Jubilee, and prior to that it lost out to Inverness in 2000 as the Millennium city.

East Kilbride District

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East Kilbride District 1975-96

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From 1975 East Kilbride lent its name to a local government district in the Strathclyde Region of Scotland. In 1996 administrative functions were taken over by the South Lanarkshire unitary council. (See: Subdivisions of Scotland)

Related Topics:
Strathclyde - South Lanarkshire - Subdivisions of Scotland

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