Place:East Kilbride (town), Lanarkshire, Scotland

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East Kilbride is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest settlement by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a raised plateau to the south of the Cathkin Braes, about southeast of Glasgow and close to the boundary with East Renfrewshire. East Kilbride is twinned with the town of Ballerup, in Denmark.

The town ends close to the White Cart Water to the west and is bounded by the Rotten Calder Water to the east, the latter flowing northwards adjacent to Blantyre, before joining the River Clyde opposite Daldowie near Cambuslang. In the northern part of the town is The Village, the part of East Kilbride that existed before its post-war development into a New Town. The old village still exists and is integrated into the town to the north of its town centre.

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The town of East Kilbride had a population of 73796 in 2001 (the last census available).

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article East Kilbride., especially the sections on History and Governance, and also the description in Scottish Places

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Refer to East Kilbride parish for references for parish records, vital records since 1855, and censuses, as well as details on the immediately surrounding area.