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Coalburn

Coordinates: 55°35′N 3°53′W / 55.59°N 3.89°W / 55.59; -3.89
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For the Canadian community, see Coalburn, Nova Scotia.

Coalburn
Coalburn Village Green in 2007
Coalburn is located in South Lanarkshire
Coalburn
Coalburn
Location within South Lanarkshire
OS grid referenceNS810348
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CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLANARK
Postcode districtML11
Dialling code01555
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55°35′N 3°53′W / 55.59°N 3.89°W / 55.59; -3.89

Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK.

History

The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the early 1990s.[1]

In 2010 the population was 1267.[2]

Education

Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn.[3] Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow.[4]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coalburn, South Lanarkshire.
  1. ^ The Jim Hamilton Heritage Society of Coalburn Archived 2016-10-13 at the Wayback Machine coalburnheritage.org.uk
  2. ^ Current Population (2010) Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ http://www.coalburn-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk/about-coalburn-primary/
  4. ^ https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200190/our_secondary_schools/838/lesmahagow_high_school
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