Coalburn
Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan, Bankend and Braehead.
Coalburn | |
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![]() Coalburn Village Green in 2007 | |
![]() ![]() Coalburn Location within South Lanarkshire | |
Population | 1,220 (mid-2020 est.)[1] |
OS grid reference | NS810348 |
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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 | |
History
The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the early 1990s.[2]
In 2010 the population was 1267.[3]
Coalburn is twinned with Feuchtwangen in Germany and Fanny Bay in Canada.
Education
Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn.[4] Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow.[5]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coalburn, South Lanarkshire. |
- "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/
- "Lesmahagow High School".
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