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West Dunbartonshire

West Dunbartonshire is one of the 32 local government council areas of . The area lies to the north-west of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's commuter towns and villages.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Dumbarton Castle and Dumbarton Central railway station.

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has the longest recorded history of any stronghold in Scotland. It sits on a volcanic plug of basalt known as Dumbarton Rock which is 240 feet high and overlooks the Scottish town of .

Railway station
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serves the town of in West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line and the North Clyde Line, 15+3⁄4 miles northwest of .

Railway station
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serves the town of in the West Dunbartonshire region of . The station is managed by ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line, 15 miles west of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dumbarton and Balloch.

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is a town in in the Central Belt of Scotland, with a population of 17,000 in 2022. It stands on the north shore of the Clyde at the outflow of the River Leven, which drains Loch Lomond.

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is a town on in central Scotland, on the southern shore of Loch Lomond. It expanded from 1850 when the railway arrived, bringing trippers from Glasgow to the pier, whence boats and charabancs conveyed them around the loch.

Town
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is a town in the area of West Dunbartonshire, . It is sited on the Eastern bank of the River Leven, on the opposite bank from the larger town of Alexandria.

West Dunbartonshire

Latitude
55.9667° or 55° 58′ north
Longitude
-4.5333° or 4° 32′ west
Population
89,900
Elevation
531 feet (162 metres)
Abbreviation
“WDU”
Open location code
9C7QXF88+MM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 302323712
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
3333237
Wiki­data ID
Q208121
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“West Dunbartonshire” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دونبارتونشير الغربية”
  • Armenian: “Արևմտյան Դանբարտոնշիր”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uest Danbartonşir”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vest Danbartonşir”
  • Basque: “Mendebaldeko Dunbartonshire”
  • Bavarian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Belarusian: “Заходні Дамбартаншыр”
  • Belarusian: “Заходні Данбартаншыр”
  • Breton: “Dùn Bhreatainn an Iar”
  • Breton: “Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar”
  • Bulgarian: “Западен Дъмбартъншир”
  • Bulgarian: “Западен Дъмбартъншър”
  • Bulgarian: “Западен Дънбартъншър”
  • Catalan: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Cebuano: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Chinese: “Sai Dunbartonshire”
  • Chinese: “西丹巴頓郡”
  • Chinese: “西丹巴顿郡”
  • Chinese: “西邓巴顿郡”
  • Chinese: “西鄧巴頓郡”
  • Czech: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Czech: “Západní Dunbartonshire”
  • Danish: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Dutch: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Esperanto: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Estonian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Fiji Hindi: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Finnish: “Länsi-Dunbartonshire”
  • Finnish: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • French: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • German: “GB-WDU”
  • German: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Greek: “Γουέστ Ντανμπάρτοσάιρ”
  • Hebrew: “דאמברטון מערב”
  • Icelandic: “Vestur-Dunbartonshire”
  • Irish: “Comhairle Dhún Breatainn an Iar”
  • Irish: “Contae Dhún Breatann an Iar”
  • Irish: “Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar”
  • Italian: “Dunbartonshire dell’ovest”
  • Italian: “Dunbartonshire Occidentale”
  • Italian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ダンバートンシャー”
  • Japanese: “ウエスト・ダンバートンシャー”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト・ダンバートンシャイア”
  • Japanese: “ウェストダンバートンシャー”
  • Japanese: “ウエストダンバートンシャー”
  • Korean: “웨스트 던바턴셔 주”
  • Korean: “웨스트 던바턴셔”
  • Korean: “웨스트던바턴셔 주”
  • Korean: “웨스트던바턴셔”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Danbartonširas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Danbartonšyras”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų Darbantonširas”
  • Manx: “Coontae Dùn Breatainn Heear”
  • Manx: “Sheer Ghoon Bretyn Heear”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Sai Dunbartonshire”
  • Northern Frisian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Norwegian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Persian: “دونبارتونشر غربی”
  • Polish: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Portuguese: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Romanian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Russian: “Западный Дамбартоншир”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Данбартоншир”
  • Scots: “Wast Dunbartonshire”
  • Scots: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Comhairle Dhùn Bhreatainn an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Comhairle Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Zapadni Dunbartonshire”
  • Slovak: “Západný Dunbartonshire”
  • Slovenian: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Spanish: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Swedish: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Turkish: “West Dunbartonshire”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний Данбартоншир”
  • Welsh: “Gorllewin Swydd Dunbarton”
  • Western Panjabi: “ویسٹ ڈنبرٹنشائر”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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