0 an area of central Scotland that was a county until 1975 and is now a council area (= an area with its own local government): --
The leader of Clackmannanshire council said there was no justification for scrapping a council that was performing well.
Glasgow has the highest rate of unemployment, it claims, followed by West Dunbartonshire, North Lanarkshire and Clackmannanshire.
Born in Italy, he arrived at the age of four in Alloa, Clackmannanshire, where his father ran a cafe.
Longannet, in Clackmannanshire, became the first mine in Britain to benefit from a £110 million European subsidy scheme.