{{Short description|Village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland}} {{For|the Canadian community|Coalburn, Nova Scotia}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use British English|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox UK place <!---------------BASICS----------------> | official_name = Coalburn | country = Scotland <!---------------IMAGE/S---------------> | static_image_name = Coalburn Village Green - geograph.org.uk - 377273.jpg | static_image_caption = Coalburn Village Green in 2007 <!-------------STATISTICS--------------> | area_total_sq_mi = | area_total_km2 = 0.38 | area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |url=https://webarchive.nrscotland.gov.uk/20210313211438/https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/population/population-estimates/special-area-population-estimates/settlements-and-localities/mid-2012/list-of-tables |title=Mid-2012 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=31 July 2014 |publisher=National Records of Scotland |access-date=3 July 2022}}</ref> | population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Coalburn}} | population_ref = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref> | population_density = <!-----------MAP / LOCATION------------> | os_grid_reference = NS810348 | map_type = Scotland | coordinates = {{coord|55.59|-3.89|display=inline,title}} <!-------------POSTAL INFO-------------> | post_town = LANARK | postcode_area = ML | postcode_district = ML11 <!------------TELEPHONE INFO-----------> | dial_code = 01555 <!-------------GOVERNANCE--------------> | constituency_westminster = Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale | civil_parish = Lesmahagow <!--------------DISTANCES--------------> | edinburgh_distance_mi = 37 | edinburgh_distance_km = | edinburgh_direction = NE | london_distance_mi = 322 | london_distance_km = | london_direction = SE <!-------SCOTLAND-SPECIFIC INFO--------> | gaelic_name = | scots_name = | community_scotland = Coalburn | unitary_scotland = South Lanarkshire | lieutenancy_scotland = Lanarkshire | constituency_scottish_parliament = Clydesdale }} '''Coalburn''' is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. 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.<ref>[http://www.coalburnheritage.org.uk/coalburn.asp The Jim Hamilton Heritage Society of Coalburn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013222216/http://coalburnheritage.org.uk/coalburn.asp |date=2016-10-13 }} coalburnheritage.org.uk</ref>
In 2010 the village had a population of 1,267.<ref> [http://population.mongabay.com/population/united-kingdom/2652707/coalburn Current Population (2010)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717232745/http://population.mongabay.com/population/united-kingdom/2652707/coalburn |date=2011-07-17 }}</ref> This declined to 1,220 in a mid 2020 estimate.
== Education == Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn.<ref>http://www.coalburn-pri.s-lanark.sch.uk/about-coalburn-primary/ {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200190/our_secondary_schools/838/lesmahagow_high_school|title = Lesmahagow High School}}</ref>
== See also == * Auchlochan Collieries * Coalburn railway station
==References== {{Commons category|Coalburn, South Lanarkshire}} {{reflist}}
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Category:Villages in South Lanarkshire Category:Mining communities in Scotland