Coalburn
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Coalburn | |
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![]() Coalburn Village Green in 2007 | |
Location within South Lanarkshire | |
Area | 0.38 km2 (0.15 sq mi) [1] |
Population | Expression error: "Lua error in Module:Tabular_data at line 97: attempt to index local 'data' (a boolean value)." must be numeric(mid-2020 est.)[2] |
OS grid reference | NS810348 |
• Edinburgh | 37 mi (60 km) NE |
• London | 322 mi (518 km) SE |
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Council area | |
Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LANARK |
Postcode district | ML11 |
Dialling code | 01555 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan, Bankend and Braehead.
History
The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the early 1990s.[3]
In 2010 the population was 1267.[4]
Coalburn is twinned with Feuchtwangen in Germany and Fanny Bay in Canada.
Education
Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn.[5] Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow.[6]
See also
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coalburn, South Lanarkshire.
- ^ "Mid-2012 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2022.
- ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ The Jim Hamilton Heritage Society of Coalburn Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine coalburnheritage.org.uk
- ^ Current Population (2010) Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.coalburn-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk/about-coalburn-primary/[dead link]
- ^ "Lesmahagow High School".
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