Editing Clackmannanshire (section)

==Geography==
[[File:The Forth Valley near Alloa - geograph.org.uk - 723980.jpg|thumb|The [[River Forth]] at [[Alloa]] showing [[Alloa Inch]] and [[Tullibody Inch]] (at right)]]

In terms of population, Clackmannanshire is the [[List of Scottish council areas by population|smallest council area]] in mainland Scotland. Its population was {{UK subdivision population|GSS=S12000005}} in {{UK subdivision statistics year}},<ref name="popstats" /> around half of whom live in the main town and administrative centre, [[Alloa]].

[[File:Ben Cleuch - geograph.org.uk - 1578428.jpg|thumb|left|Ben Cleuch in the Ochil Hills, the highest point of Clackmannanshire at {{convert|721|m|ft|abbr=off}}]]

The [[Ochil Hills]] dominate the northern third of the county, where [[Ben Cleuch]], Clackmannanshire's highest point, can be found. The northernmost salient of the county lies along the Upper Glendevon Reservoir. [[Strathdevon]] is immediately to the south of the steep escarpment formed by the [[Ochil Fault]], along which the [[Hillfoots Villages]] are located. Strathdevon mostly comprises a lowland plain a few hundred metres either side of the [[River Devon, Clackmannanshire|River Devon]], which joins the [[River Forth|Forth]] near [[Cambus, Clackmannanshire|Cambus]]. There is also the [[Black Devon]] river that flows past the town of [[Clackmannan]] to join the Forth near Alloa. This confluence once had a small pier, for [[portage]] to Dunmore pier on the south shore, and [[anchor]]age of smaller sailing ships, while others of greater tonnage could be accepted at Dunmore pier on the opposite banks of the Forth. Roughly in the centre of the county lies the Gartmorn Dam County Park, and there are small patches of forest in the south-east of the county. Two unnamed peninsulas are formed by [[meander]]s in the river Forth along Clackmannanshire's southern boundary; the easternmost of these has two small islands - [[Tullibody Inch]] and [[Alloa Inch]] - either side of it.