West Lothian

West Lothian (Lodainn an Iar in ) is one of the 32  in, and a. It borders onto, , , and.

The council area was created in 1996, under the, with the boundaries of the West Lothian of the.

Towns and villages






County
The county of West Lothian was called Linlithgowshire or the County of Linlithgow until 1921.

As abolished in 1975 by the, the county contained six s. Two are outside the West Lothian unitary council area:

On abolition in the county, with the exception of the Bo'ness area, was included in the. Bo'ness became part of the. Lothian Region was divided into four districts, one of which was named West Lothian and approximated to the former county.

District
West Lothian District was created in 1975, comprising the of West Lothian; less the s of  and  and the  and  areas; it also included the East Calder and West Calder districts of the former. The council's headquarters were originally in Bathgate, later moving to the of Livingston. The unitary authority created in used the same boundaries.

Places of interest

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Mentions in popular culture
The is so named as it was raised by, then member of  for the former West Lothian , in his  book : The End of Britain ?.