Cowie, Stirling

Cowie

The main road through Cowie
Cowie
Cowie shown within the Stirling council area
Population 2,387 
OS grid reference NS838890
Civil parish
Council area
Lieutenancy area
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Stirling
Postcode district FK7
Dialling code 01786
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Cowie (Scottish Gaelic: Collaidh, meaning wooded place) is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. Historically part of Stirlingshire, it lies on the minor B9124 road approximately 4 miles south-east of Stirling and about a mile north of the A9 road. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 2387.[1]

Cowie was formerly a pit village and stone quarrying was carried on in the surrounds. It is now the site of a factory manufacturing engineered wood products and other light industries. Recent years have seen significant new housing developments in the village for commuters.

The "Caberboard" fibreboard factory in Cowie

Notes

  1. "Comparative Population Profile: Cowie Locality". SCROL. Retrieved 2009-12-07.


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