Coalburn

Coalburn

Coalburn Village Green in 2007
Coalburn
Coalburn shown within South Lanarkshire
OS grid reference NS810348
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LANARK
Postcode district ML11
Dialling code 01555
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

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]

References

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