Slamannan

Slamannan
Centre of Slamannan
Slamannan is in the south of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland.
Slamannan is in the south of the Falkirk council area in the Central Belt of the Scottish mainland.
Slamannan
Location within the Falkirk council area
Area0.19 sq mi (0.49 km2)
Population1,180 (2020)[1]
• Density6,211/sq mi (2,398/km2)
OS grid referenceNS855731
• Edinburgh25.0 mi (40.2 km) E
• London342 mi (550 km) SSE
Civil parish
  • Slamannan
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townFALKIRK
Postcode districtFK1
Dialling code01324
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FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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55°56′16″N 3°50′00″W / 55.9379°N 03.8333°W / 55.9379; -03.8333

Slamannan (Scottish Gaelic: Sliabh Mhanainn) is a village in the south of the Falkirk council area in Central Scotland. It is 4.6 miles (7.4 km) south-west of Falkirk, 6.0 miles (9.7 km) east of Cumbernauld and 7.1 miles (11.4 km) north-east of Airdrie.

Slamannan is located at the cross of the B803 and B8022 roads, near the banks of the River Avon, close to the border between Falkirk and North Lanarkshire councils. Slamannan had a population of around 1,360 residents.[2] In 1755 the population was recorded as 1209.[3] Fifty years later the population was around the 1000 in the Parish of Slamanan[4] (although elsewhere in the same volume the usual spelling is used). The 19th-century parish church can accommodate upwards of 700 people.

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Estimated population of localities by broad age groups, mid-2012" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  3. ^ Macnair, James (1791). The statistical account of Scotland. Drawn up from the communications of the ministers of the different parishes. [electronic resource] (Vol XIV no IV ed.). Edinburgh: William Creech. p. 84. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  4. ^ Davidson, Alexander (1841). The new statistical account of Scotland. [electronic resource]. Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood and Sons. pp. 273–280. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

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