Coalburn

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.
In 2010 the population was 1267.
Education.
Coalburn Primary is a primary school in Coalburn. Their affiliated high school Lesmahagow High School is in the neighbouring town of Lesmahagow.