Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire Siorrachd Rinn Friù
Coat of arms
Coordinates: 55°49′47″N 4°32′34″W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Renfrewshire
Admin HQ	Paisley
Government
• Body	Renfrewshire Council
• Control	SNP minority (council NOC)
• Provost	Lorraine Cameron
• Council Leader	Iain Nicolson (SNP)
• MPs	Mhairi Black (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire South) Gavin Newlands (SNP - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
• MSPs	George Adam (SNP - Paisley) Tom Arthur (SNP - Renfrewshire South) Derek Mackay (Independent (Suspended from SNP) - Renfrewshire North and West)
Area
• Total	101.0 sq mi (261.5 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 24th
Population  (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	175,900
• Rank	Ranked 10th
• Density	1,700/sq mi (670/km2)
ONS code	S12000038
ISO 3166 code	GB-RFW
Website	www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Renfrewshire (/ˈrɛnfruːʃɪər, -ʃər/) (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

It is located in the west central Lowlands. It is one of three council areas contained within the boundaries of the historic county of Renfrewshire, the others being East Renfrewshire to the east and Inverclyde to the west.

It also shares borders with Glasgow, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the southern bank of the River Clyde.

Other websites

• Renfrewshire Events Guide
• Paisley Daily Express local daily newspaper
• The Gazette Newspaper weekly
• Renfrewshire24.co.uk, online only news and events website