East Dunbartonshire

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East Dunbartonshire Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 26th
- Total	175 km²
- % Water	?
Admin HQ	Kirkintilloch
ISO 3166-2	GB-EDU
ONS code	00QL
Demographics
Population	Ranked 20th
- Total (2005)	105,960
- Density	605 / km²
Politics
East Dunbartonshire Council http://www.eastdunbarton.gov.uk/
Control	No Overall Control (Liberal Democrat administration)
MPs	Rosemary McKenna, Labour Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat
MSPs	Elaine Smith, Labour Jean Turner, Independent Des McNulty, Labour

East Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the North-west of the City of Glasgow. It contains many of the suburbs of Glasgow as well as containing many of the city's commuter towns and villages. East Dunbartonshire also shares a border with West Dunbartonshire, Stirling, and North Lanarkshire. The council area covers part of the former county of Stirlingshire as well as parts of the former counties of Dunbartonshire and Lanarkshire.

The council area was formed in 1996, from part of the former Bearsden and Milngavie district along with other parts of Strathclyde region.

[edit] Towns and villages

• Baldernock
• Bearsden
• Balmore
• Bishopbriggs
• Campsie
• Kirkintilloch
• Lennoxtown
• Lenzie
• Milngavie
• Milton of Campsie
• Torrance
• Twechar
• Waterside

[edit] Places of interest

• Campsie Fells
• West Highland Way
• Forth and Clyde Canal
• Antonine Wall
• Mugdock Country Park
• Tom Johnston House