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Greater Glasgow is the conurbation

Conurbation

A conurbation is an urban area or agglomeration comprising a number of cities, large towns and larger urban areas that, through population growth and physical expansion, have merged to form one continuous urban and industrially developed area....
that includes and surrounds the city of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
in the west of Scotland

Scotland

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. It has a population of 1,199,629 at the 2001 census making it the largest urban area

Urban area

An urban area is an area with an increased Population density of human-created structures in comparison to the areas surrounding it. Urban areas may be city, towns or conurbations, but the term is not commonly extended to rural settlements such as villages and hamlet ....
in Scotland

Scotland

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and the fifth largest

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A conurbation is formed when towns expand sufficiently that their urban areas join up with each other. This process has happened many times in the United Kingdom....
in the United Kingdom

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Greater Glasgow is the conurbation

Conurbation

Glasgow

Scotland

Urban area

Scotland

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and the fifth largest

List of conurbations in the United Kingdom

A conurbation is formed when towns expand sufficiently that their urban areas join up with each other. This process has happened many times in the United Kingdom....
in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
.

In addition to the conurbation, Greater Glasgow is used to mean the general area around the city, with various definitions being in use.

The City of Glasgow in the late 19th and early 20th centuries grew to having a population of over one million people and was the third city in Europe to reach one million, after London and Paris. The official population stayed well over one million for more than 50 years. However, in the 1960s large-scale relocation to new towns in the suburban area of the city and many boundary changes since then have reduced the population of the core City of Glasgow council area to 580,690 (August 2007).

Transport

In 1973, the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive was created to take over control of Glasgow Corporation Transport (which included the Glasgow Subway

Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is an underground rapid transit line in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro....
). Following local government reorganisation in 1975, control subsequently passed to Strathclyde Regional Council. The former PTE is now the Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

The Strathclyde Partnership for Transport is a Scottish public bodies which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating regional transport, and especially the public transport system, in the Strathclyde area of western Scotland....
, within Transport Scotland

Transport Scotland

Transport Scotland was created on 1 January 2006 as the national Transport in Scotland Government agency of Scotland. It is an List of Scottish Executive agencies of the Scottish Government's Scottish Government's Enterprise, Transport and Lifelong Learning Department and accountable to Scottish Ministers....
.

The Glasgow conurbation is served by the largest urban rail

Regional rail

Commuter rail or suburban rail is a passenger rail transport service between a city center, and outer suburbs and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuting?people who travel on a daily basis....
network in the UK outside of London, with 186 rail stations in the Greater Glasgow area. The city is served by the only metro

Rapid transit

A rapid transit, subway, underground, elevated railway or metro system is an railway electrification system public transport rail transport in an urban area with high capacity and frequency, and which is grade separation from other traffic....
system in Scotland, the Glasgow Subway

Glasgow Subway

The Glasgow Subway is an underground rapid transit line in Glasgow, Scotland. Opened on 14 December 1896, it is the third-oldest underground metro system in the world after the London Underground and the Budapest Metro....
; and by two international airports, Glasgow Prestwick International Airport

Glasgow Prestwick International Airport

Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an international airport serving Glasgow, situated northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire, Scotland....
and Glasgow International Airport

Glasgow International Airport

Glasgow International Airport is located west of Glasgow city centre, near the towns of Paisley and Renfrew in Renfrewshire, Scotland.In 2007 the airport handled 8,795,727 passengers making it the 2nd busiest in Scotland, and eighth Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic....
.

Postal Codes

Following the local government boundary changes in 1996 and the creation of unitary councils in Scotland, replacing the former regional and district councils, the Greater Glasgow Settlement Area or Urban Area

Urban area

United Kingdom Census 2001

A nationwide census, commonly known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th Census in the United Kingdom....
from groups of neighboring urban postcodes grouped so that each group of postcode unit contains at least a given number of addresses per unit area, and the group contains at least 500 residents.

Settlements

The Urban Area includes the following localities:

Settlement	Population (1991 Census)	Population (2001 Census)
Airdrie Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Airdrie is a town within North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies on a plateau roughly 400 ft above sea level, and is approximately 12 miles east of Glasgow....	36,842	36,326
Bargeddie Bargeddie Bargeddie is a small town in Glasgow, Scotland, located east of the junction of the M73 and M8 motorways, situated 2 miles west of Coatbridge town centre....	2,325	2,144
Barrhead Barrhead Barrhead is a town in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. 8 miles southwest of Glasgow on the edge of the Gleniffer Braes. As of the 2001 census its population was 19,813....	16,753	17,244
Bearsden Bearsden Bearsden is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, and is effectively a suburb of Glasgow....	27,707	27,967
Bellshill Bellshill Bellshill is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, two miles north of Motherwell, Scotland. Since 1996, it has been situated in the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area....	21,624	20,705
Bishopbriggs Bishopbriggs Bishopbriggs is an affluent commuter town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. Though once an independent burgh, its close proximity to Glasgow effectively makes it a suburb of that city....	23,825	23,118
Bothwell Bothwell Bothwell is a small town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, that lies on the right bank of the River Clyde, adjacent to Hamilton, Scotland and nine miles east-south-east of Glasgow....	6,542	6,379
Busby Busby, East Renfrewshire Busby is a village in East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Busby's close proximity to Glasgow effectively makes it a suburb of the city, though remains administratively separate....	1,617	1,654
Calderbank Calderbank Calderbank is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, near the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire....	1,709	1,663
Carfin Carfin Carfin is a small town. Carfin is to the north-east of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, Scotland on the road to Newarthill....	1,226	1,048
Chapelhall Chapelhall Chapelhall is a village just outside the town of Airdrie in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Over the years Chapelhall has developed itself from being a small mining village to now being the largest village in Monklands....	4,405	5,214
Clarkston Clarkston, East Renfrewshire Clarkston is the name of a mainly residential area in East Renfrewshire, Scotland.It is a small, affluent area, population 4,778 . The district borders the other south Glasgow suburbs of Giffnock, Newton Mearns and Thornliebank, and is served by Clarkston railway station on the Glasgow South Western Line branch to East Kilbride....	18,899	19,136
Clydebank Clydebank Clydebank is a town in West Dunbartonshire, in the Central Lowlands of Scotland. Situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, Clydebank borders Dumbarton, the town with which it was combined to form West Dunbartonshire, as well as the town of Milngavie in East Dunbartonshire, and the Yoker and Drumchapel districts of the adjacent City of G...	29,171	29,858
Coatbridge Coatbridge Coatbridge is a Lanarkshire town set in the central Lowlands of Scotland. The first settlement of the area stretches back to the stone age era. Foundations of the town can be traced back to the 12th century when the area was gifted by Royal Charter to the Monks of Newbattle Abbey by Malcolm IV....	43,467	41,170
Duntocher Duntocher Duntocher is a village in Dunbartonshire, Scotland.Although it is a far older settlement and still considered a village in its own right, it is administratively part of nearby Clydebank along with the neighbouring village of Hardgate and is now part of the West Dunbartonshire local authority area.... and Hardgate Hardgate Hardgate is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.Hardgate has probably been settled since neolithic times with a burial site at Knappers Farm, a cup and ring marked stone and a Burial chamber near Cochno Loch providing evidence of this....	7,882	7,301
Elderslie Elderslie Elderslie is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The village is situated midway between Paisley and Johnstone.The village of Elderslie is old and has a rich history....	5,166	5,180
Faifley Faifley Faifley is a large housing estate forming part of the town of Clydebank, Scotland, adjoining the former village of Hardgate, with a population of approximately 5,000....	6,087	4,932
Giffnock Giffnock Giffnock is an area within East Renfrewshire, Scotland. Giffnock's location within Greater Glasgow effectively makes it a suburb of the city, though it remains administratively separate....	16,190	16,178
Glasgow Glasgow Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....	658,379	629,501
Holytown Holytown Holytown is a small village situated outside Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in North Lanarkshire, Scotland....	5,648	5,483
Howwood	1,036	1,502
Johnstone Johnstone Johnstone is a town in Renfrewshire and located in the west-Central Lowlands of Scotland, three miles west of neighbouring Paisley and twelve miles west of Glasgow....	18,280	16,468
Kilbarchan Kilbarchan Kilbarchan is a village to the west of Johnstone in Renfrewshire, Scotland. The village's name means "cell of St. Barchan".Kilbarchan is the home of Kilbarchan Amateur Athletics Club, and contains a Primary school, a Girl Guiding Centre, separate Scout Halls, and three churches, Kilbarchan West and Kilbarchan East....	3,710	3,622
Linwood Linwood Linwood, a small town in Renfrewshire, Scotland, 14 miles south-west of Glasgow, which saw an explosion in its population during the middle of the 20th century due to the mass exodus of people from the Glasgow slums....	10,183	9,058
Milngavie Milngavie Milngavie, is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It is on the River Allander, at the northwestern fringe of Greater Glasgow, and around from Glasgow city centre....	11,992	12,795
Milton	1,079	986
Motherwell	30,769	30,311
New Stevenston New Stevenston New Stevenston is a small village situated outside Motherwell, North Lanarkshire in North Lanarkshire, Scotland....	3,287	4,108
Newarthill Newarthill Newarthill is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, situated roughly three miles north-east of the town of Motherwell, North Lanarkshire. It has a population of around 7,800....	6,585	6,849
Newmains Newmains Newmains is a small village and former mining community on the eastern edge of Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland, some south-east of Glasgow....	5,878	5,329
Newton Mearns Newton Mearns Newton Mearns is a small suburban town within East Renfrewshire, Scotland. It lies southwest of Glasgow on the A77_road to Ayrshire, above sea level....	19,342	22,637
Old Kilpatrick Old Kilpatrick Old Kilpatrick is a village in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland.The village is situated on the north bank of the River Clyde, three miles from Clydebank on the road to Dumbarton....	2,408	3,199
Paisley Paisley Paisley is a town and former burgh in the west-Central Lowlands of Scotland. It is situated on the northern edge of the Gleniffer Braes, straddling the banks of the River Cart....	73,925	74,170
Renfrew	20,764	20,251
Stepps Stepps Stepps is a small town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the north-eastern outskirts of Glasgow. The town consists of Stepps Village, Cardowan, Stepps Hill and Millerston It had a population of 4,802 according to the 2001 census, however large scale housing developments in Cardowan and Stepps since 2001 mean that the current population...	4,942	4,802
Uddingston Uddingston Uddingston is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the north side of the River Clyde, approximately seven miles to the south-east of Glasgow....	5,367	5,576
Viewpark	15,044	15,841
Wishaw Wishaw Wishaw is a large town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the edge of the River Clyde, 15 miles south-east of Glasgow....	29,574	28,565

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Conurbation

Glasgow and the Clyde Valley Conurbation is a term used to describe a collection of local government districts clustered around Glasgow. This area is not a true conurbation

Conurbation

Glasgow
Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and List of largest United Kingdom settlements by population in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's Scottish Lowlands....
East Dunbartonshire
East Dunbartonshire

East Dunbartonshire 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....
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the north east of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages....
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire

South Lanarkshire is one of 32 council area of Scotland, covering the southern part of the Counties of Scotland of Lanarkshire. It borders the south-east of the city of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns and smaller villages....
East Renfrewshire
East Renfrewshire

East Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. Until 1975 it formed part of the counties of Scotland of Renfrewshire for local government purposes along with the modern council areas of Renfrewshire and Inverclyde....
Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic Renfrewshire , also known as the County of Renfrew or Greater Renfrewshire, the other two being Inverclyde to the west and East Renfrewshire to the east....
Inverclyde
Inverclyde

Inverclyde is one of 32 Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It borders onto Renfrewshire and North Ayrshire, and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde....
West Dunbartonshire
West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 Local government in Scotland council areas of Scotland. Bordering onto the west of the City of Glasgow, containing many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages as well as the city's suburbs....

The estimated population of this area in 2007 was 1,750,500.