West Dunbartonshire

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West Dunbartonshire
Location
Image:ScotlandWestDunbartonshire.png
Geography
Area	Ranked 31st
-Total	159 km²
-% Water	?
Admin HQ	Dumbarton
ISO 3166-2	GB-WDU
ONS code	00QG
Demographics
Population	Ranked 22nd
-Total (2005)	91,400
-Density	575 / km²
Politics
West Dunbartonshire Council http://www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/
Control	Labour
MPs	John McFall
MSPs	Jackie Baillie Des McNulty
Image:Flag of Scotland.svg

West Dunbartonshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary authority areas in Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs. West Dunbartonshire also Borders onto Argyll and Bute, Stirling, East Dunbartonshire,, and Renfrewshire, it incorporates most of the old Dumbarton District Council and Clydebank District Council areas (indeed, the authority was initially called Dumbarton and Clydebank before the name was changed to West Dunbartonshire).

Note that the town is spelt Dumbarton (with an 'm'), but the region and traditional county are known as Dunbartonshire (with an 'n'). This anomaly in the spelling of the two variants originates from when the names were translated into English from the Gaelic Dùn Breatainn (Dumbarton) and Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn (Dunbartonshire).

The area is essentially composed of three parts: the towns of Dumbarton and Clydebank and the Vale of Leven district.

West Dunbartonshire is administered from Dumbarton, although Clydebank is the largest town.