Falkirk (authority)

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Unitary authority in central Scotland, created from the former district of the same name in 1996 from part of the former Central region.

Area
297 sq km/115 sq mi

Towns
Falkirk (administrative headquarters), Grangemouth

Physical
centrally located between Edinburgh and Glasgow, this low-lying area borders the southern side of the Firth of Forth; River Avon flows through

Features
Forth and Clyde and Union canals; Roman Rough Castle fort and Antonine Wall

Industries
chemicals and petrochemicals, bus building, soft drinks, toffees

Agriculture
some dairy and arable farming

Population
(2001) 145,200

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