Coatbridge

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Coatbridge (; Scots: Cotbrig or Coatbrig) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It lies 8+1⁄2 mi (14 km) east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. It had a population of 42,264 in 2022. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as the Monklands; its population is approximately 90,000, including outlying settlements, and is sometimes considered to be part of the Greater Glasgow urban area. In the last years of the 18th century, the area developed from a loose collection of hamlets into the town of Coatbridge. The town's development and growth have been intimately connected with the technological advances of the Industrial Revolution, and in particular with the hot blast process. Coatbridge was a major Scottish centre for iron works and coal mining during the 19th century and was then described as "the industrial heartland of Scotland" and the Iron Burgh. Coatbridge also had a notorious reputation for air pollution and the worst excesses of...

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