5-627: Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire , Scotland. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan , Bankend and Braehead . The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the early 1990s. In 2010 the village had a population of 1,267. This declined to 1,220 in a mid 2020 estimate. Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn. Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School
10-561: Is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow . South Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire ( Scots : Sooth Lanrikshire ; Scottish Gaelic : Siorrachd Lannraig a Deas ) is one of 32 unitary authorities of Scotland . It borders the south-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains some of Greater Glasgow 's suburban towns , as well as many rural towns and villages. It also shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway , East Ayrshire , East Renfrewshire , North Lanarkshire ,
15-543: The Scottish Borders and West Lothian . It includes most of the historic county of Lanarkshire . South Lanarkshire covers the southern part of the historic county of Lanarkshire. Lanarkshire had existed as a shire from around the time of King David I , who ruled Scotland from 1124 to 1153. The county took its name from the original county town at Lanark , which had been the site of the first Parliament of Scotland under Kenneth II in 978. Local government
20-611: The whole area of three of the abolished Strathclyde districts, being Clydesdale , East Kilbride and Hamilton , plus an area including Rutherglen and Cambuslang from the City of Glasgow district. The Rutherglen and Cambuslang area was included following a referendum on whether to stay in Glasgow or become part of the new South Lanarkshire council area. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark , Strathaven and Carluke ,
25-586: Was reformed in 1975 under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 , which replaced Scotland's counties, burghs and landward districts with a two-tier structure of upper-tier regions and lower-tier districts. Lanarkshire became part of the Strathclyde region, which was divided in 19 districts. South Lanarkshire was created in 1996, when the regions and districts created in 1975 were replaced with single-tier council areas. South Lanarkshire covered
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