Plean

Plean
Coordinates	56 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′  N , 3 ° 52 ′  W
Plean
Residents	2027 2011 census
administration
Post town	STIRLING
ZIP code section	FK7
prefix	01786
Part of the country	Scotland
Council area	Stirling
British Parliament	Stirling
Scottish Parliament	Stirling

Plean is a town in the Scottish Council Area Stirling . It is located in the traditional county of Stirlingshire about six kilometers southeast of Stirling and northwest of Falkirk in the Central Belt . In 2011 Plean had 2,027 inhabitants. Since the 1950s, the population has only fluctuated slightly around 1700. In 1881, 369 people lived here.

history

Plean emerged from the independent settlements of Plean and East Plean . The former was located near the Plean House property , which was badly damaged by fire in the 1970s. East Plean developed with coal mining. There were several mines there, the last of which was closed in January 1963. In 1922, twelve miners died in a mining accident, which is still remembered today on a memorial stone in Plean County Park . There was also a quarry where sandstone was extracted.

traffic

The A9 , the most important trunk road in the Scottish Highlands , runs through Plean on its way from Falkirk to Thurso . The M9 motorway passes Plean directly north. Plean once had its own train station about a kilometer north on the Scottish Central Line .

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  Ruins of the Plean House

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  Building on the A9 in Plean

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  Memorial stone to the mining disaster in Plean

Web links

Commons : Plean  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
2. ↑ 2011 census
3. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
4. ↑ Information on stirling.gov.uk ( Memento from May 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Entry on scotlandsplaces.gov.uk ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.