Newton Mearns
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 47 ′ N , 4 ° 20 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 24,234 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | GLASGOW | ||
| ZIP code section | G77 | ||
| prefix | 0141 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | East Renfrewshire | ||
| British Parliament | East Renfrewshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Eastwood | ||
Newton Mearns ( Scottish Gaelic : Baile Ùr na Maoirne , "New Town in the Bailiwick") is a town about eleven kilometers southwest of Glasgow . It has 24,234 inhabitants and is 410 meters above sea level. The city is part of the Greater Glasgow Metropolitan Settlement Area in East Renfrewshire .
Daughters and sons of the city
- Donald McKinlay (1891-1959), football player
- Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993), society lady
Web links
Commons : Newton Mearns - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ David Mills: A Dictionary of British Place-Names . The University Press, Oxford 2011, ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6 , pp. 931, 993.
- ↑ 2011 census