Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig in ), officially the County of Lanark, was formerly a of.

It was bounded to the north by and a detached portion of, to the northeast by Stirlingshire, , to the east by , to the southeast and south by , to the southwest by Dumfriesshire and  and to the west by Ayrshire,  and Dunbartonshire. The city of Glasgow is part of Lanarkshire.

Lanarkshire was for some purposes treated as three separate counties: the upper, middle and lower wards, until the.

Local government
In 1975 the was superseded by the , which itself was superseded by  in 1996. Lanarkshire is now covered by the council areas of, , and the.

North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire have a joint board for valuation and electoral registration. There is also a joint health board, which does not cover and the surrounding area in South Lanarkshire. Without the northern portion of North Lanarkshire, this is also a.