Editing Cambuslang (section)

{{Short description|Scottish locality south of Glasgow}}
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{{infobox UK place 
 |country = Scotland
 |official_name= Cambuslang
 |type = [[Town]] 
 |gaelic_name= Camas Lang
 |scots_name= Cammuslang
 | population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Cambuslang}}
 | population_ref = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}})<ref>{{Scottish settlement population citation}}</ref>
 |os_grid_reference= NS642605
 |coordinates = {{coord|55.819|-4.1671|display=inline,title}}
 | pushpin_map             = Scotland South Lanarkshire#Scotland Glasgow
 |unitary_scotland= 
 |lieutenancy_scotland= [[Lanarkshire]]
 |constituency_westminster= [[Rutherglen (UK Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen]]
 |constituency_scottish_parliament= [[Rutherglen (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Rutherglen]] 
 |historic_county=
|post_town= GLASGOW<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.evoxfacilities.co.uk/evoxptn.html |title=List of UK post towns |publisher=Evox Facilities |access-date=2012-02-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219123813/http://www.evoxfacilities.co.uk/evoxptn.html |archive-date=19 February 2012 }}</ref>
 |postcode_district = G72
 |postcode_area= G 
 |dial_code= 0141
 |static_image_name= File:Main Street Cambuslang (geograph 3674549).jpg
 |static_image_width= 280px
 |static_image_caption=Cambuslang main street, 2013}}
'''Cambuslang''' {{IPAc-en|audio=Cambuslang.ogg|'|k|æ|m|b|ə|s|'|l|æ|ŋ}} ({{langx|sco|Cammuslang}}, from {{langx|gd|Camas Lang}})<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1547 |title=Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database |website=Gaelicplacenames.org |access-date=2014-01-26 |archive-date=21 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221184232/http://www.gaelicplacenames.org/databasedetails.php?id=1547 |url-status=dead }}</ref> is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of [[Greater Glasgow]], Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population,<ref name="NRS2016">{{cite web|title=Mid-2016 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland|url=https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/files//statistics/settlements-localities/set-loc-16/tabs/2016-pop-est-sett-local-alltabs.xlsx|website=National Records of Scotland|access-date=27 June 2019}}</ref> although, never having had a town hall, it may also be considered the largest village in Scotland. It is within the local authority area of [[South Lanarkshire]] and directly borders the town of [[Rutherglen]] to the west. Historically, it was a large [[Civil parishes in Scotland|civil parish]] incorporating the nearby hamlets of [[Newton, South Lanarkshire|Newton]], Flemington, [[Westburn, South Lanarkshire|Westburn]] and [[Halfway, Cambuslang|Halfway]].<ref>The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland. 1854. Vol.I. (AAN-GORDON) by Rev. John Marius Wilson. pp.233-235</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/imperialgazettee01wils|title=The Imperial gazetteer of Scotland; or, Dictionary of Scottish topography|first=John Marius|last=Wilson|date=11 November 2017|publisher=Edinburgh A. Fullarton|access-date=11 November 2017|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>[https://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/parfirst817.html Parish of Cambuslang], [[Gazetteer for Scotland]]</ref>

Cambuslang is located just south of the [[River Clyde]] and about {{convert|6|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} southeast of the centre of Glasgow. It has a long history of [[coal mining]], from at least 1490, [[iron working|iron and steel making]], and ancillary engineering works, most recently [[The Hoover Company]] (in the town from 1946 to 2005).<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/two-towns-slug-it-out-on-the-jobs-see-saw-dijon-and-cambuslang-once-shared-an-employer-now-ones-gain-1471573.html Two towns slug it out on the jobs see-saw: Dijon and Cambuslang once shared an employer. Now one's gain is the other's loss. James Cusick reports], The Independent, 7 February 1993</ref><ref>[https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/end-era-demolition-work-2630044 End of an era as demolition work underway], Daily Record, 27 August 2008</ref> The [[Clydebridge Steelworks]] and other smaller manufacturing businesses continue but most employment in the area comes from the distribution or service industries. The [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service National Training Centre|headquarters]] of the [[Scottish Fire and Rescue Service]] is in Cambuslang.
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