# Coalburn

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{{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
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| static_image_name                = Coalburn Village Green - geograph.org.uk - 377273.jpg
| static_image_caption             = Coalburn Village Green in 2007
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| 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](/source/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               = 
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| 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
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| dial_code                        = 01555
<!-------------GOVERNANCE-------------->
| constituency_westminster         = [Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale](/source/Dumfriesshire%2C_Clydesdale_and_Tweeddale_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| civil_parish                     = Lesmahagow
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| edinburgh_distance_mi            = 37
| edinburgh_distance_km            = 
| edinburgh_direction              = NE
| london_distance_mi               = 322
| london_distance_km               = 
| london_direction                 = SE
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| gaelic_name                      = 
| scots_name                       = 
| community_scotland               = Coalburn
| unitary_scotland                 = [South Lanarkshire](/source/South_Lanarkshire)
| lieutenancy_scotland             = [Lanarkshire](/source/Lanarkshire)
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [Clydesdale](/source/Clydesdale_(Scottish_Parliament_constituency))
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'''Coalburn''' is a village in [South Lanarkshire](/source/South_Lanarkshire), Scotland. It is located near the villages of [Auchlochan](/source/Auchlochan), [Bankend](/source/Bankend%2C_South_Lanarkshire) and [Braehead](/source/Braehead%2C_South_Lanarkshire).

==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](/source/Lesmahagow_High_School) is in the neighbouring town of [Lesmahagow](/source/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](/source/Auchlochan_Collieries)
* [Coalburn railway station](/source/Coalburn_railway_station)

==References==
{{Commons category|Coalburn, South Lanarkshire}}
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{{South Lanarkshire Settlements}}

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Category:Villages in South Lanarkshire
Category:Mining communities in Scotland

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