Fawkirk

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Fawkirk

Falkirk Heich Street
Fawkirk is located in Scotland
Fawkirk
Fawkirk
Location within Scotland
Area11 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population35,168 (2010)
• Density3,197/km2 (8,280/sq mi)
Settled7t century
Burgh Charter1600
Elevation37 m (121 ft)[1]
OS grid referenceNS887801
Ceevil pairish
  • Fawkirk
Cooncil area
Lieutenancy area
KintraScotland
Sovereign stateUnitit Kinrick
Post tounFALKIRK
Postcode destrictFK1
Diallin code01324
PoliceScots
FireScots
AmbulanceScots
EU PairlamentScotland
UK Pairlament
Scots Pairlament
Wabsteidwww.falkirk.gov.uk
Leet o places
UK
Scotland
56°00′04″N 3°47′01″W / 56.0011°N 3.7835°W / 56.0011; -3.7835Coordinates: 56°00′04″N 3°47′01″W / 56.0011°N 3.7835°W / 56.0011; -3.7835

Fawkirk (Falkirk in Ingels; An Eaglais Bhreac in the Scots Gaelic) is a muckle toun in Stirlinshire, Scotland. Fawkirk itsel is hame til the Fawkirk Wheel amang ither things sic as the Callander Hoose an the Fawkirk Bairns Fitbaw team. It's a gey industrial an weel-populatit airt o the kintra. Staunds as the main nave atween the ceeties o Glesgae, Edinburgh an Stirlin an aw.

Twin touns[eedit | eedit soorce]

Falkirk is twinned wi:

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Geographic coordinates of Falkirk, United Kingdom". dateandtime.info. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  2. a b Falkirk Twinning Association Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine, www.falkirktwinning.org Retrieved 2011-05-07
  3. "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived frae the original on 5 Julie 2013. Retrieved 20 Julie 2013.