Falkirk

Falkirk ; Scottish Gaelic To Eaglais Bhreac
	High Street in Falkirk
Coordinates	56 ° 0 ′ N , 3 ° 47 ′ W Coordinates: 56 ° 0 ′ N , 3 ° 47 ′ W
	Falkirk
	Falkirk
Residents	35,398 2011 census
administration
Post town	FALKIRK
ZIP code section	FK1, FK2
prefix	01324
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Falkirk
British Parliament	Falkirk , Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish Parliament	Falkirk East , Falkirk West

Falkirk ( Scottish Gaelic An Eaglais Bhreac ) is a town in Scotland with 35,398 inhabitants.

geography

Falkirk is located in the Central Belt between Edinburgh and Glasgow and has an area of 3,034 km².

history

In the first Battle of Falkirk, the Scots, led by William Wallace, were defeated against the English on July 22, 1298 during the Scottish resistance movement against Edward I. In a second battle of Falkirk during the Jacobite Uprising of 1745, defeated the Highland Army on January 17, 1746 under Prince Charles Edward Stuart British government forces under Lieutenant General Henry Hawley.

economy

The city is located at the junction between the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Union Canal . This favored the settlement of iron works and factories for steel production during the time of the industrial revolution . This also included the Carron Company , which produced the carronades named after it for the Royal Navy and later pillar mailboxes for the Royal Mail .

Since the decline of heavy industry , the city's economy has lived mainly from retail and tourism . However, there are some industrial companies in the area, such as Alexander Dennis , the largest bus manufacturer in the UK. In cooperation with the Chinese company BYD , the new electric buses for the British capital London are also manufactured here.