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Coordinates: 55°35′N 3°53′W / 55.59°N 3.89°W / 55.59; -3.89
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In 2010 the population was 1267.<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>
In 2010 the population was 1267.<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>


Notorious murderer "The Fishwife of Wishaw" once owned a old miner cottage in the town.


== Education ==
== Education ==

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Coalburn
Coalburn Village Green in 2007
Coalburn is located in South Lanarkshire
Coalburn
Coalburn
Location within South Lanarkshire
OS grid referenceNS810348
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLANARK
Postcode districtML11
Dialling code01555
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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List of places
UK
Scotland
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