Editing Govan (section)

{{Short description|Area of Glasgow, Scotland}}
{{about|the district in Glasgow}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Scotland
| official_name = Govan
| gaelic_name = Baile a' Ghobhainn
| scots_name = Gouan
| area_total_km2 = 1.63
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.gov.scot/data/land-area-2011-data-zone-based|title=statistics.gov.scot – Land Area (based on 2011 Data Zones)|website=statistics.gov.scot}}</ref>
| population = 5860
| population_ref = (2015)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://statistics.gov.scot/data/population-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries|title=statistics.gov.scot – Population Estimates (Current Geographic Boundaries)|website=statistics.gov.scot|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=25 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425030444/http://statistics.gov.scot/data/population-estimates-current-geographic-boundaries|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| population_density_km2 = 
| pushpin_map = Scotland Glasgow
| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the [[Glasgow City council area]]
| os_grid_reference = NS555655
| coordinates = {{coord|55.8615|-4.3083|display=inline,title}}
| unitary_scotland = [[Glasgow City (council area)|Glasgow City]]
| lieutenancy_scotland = Glasgow
| constituency_westminster = [[Glasgow South West (UK Parliament constituency)|Glasgow South West]]
| constituency_scottish_parliament = [[Glasgow Pollok (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Pollok]]<br/>[[Glasgow Southside (Scottish Parliament constituency)|Glasgow Southside]]
| post_town = GLASGOW
| postcode_district = G51
| postcode_area = G
| dial_code = 0141
| edinburgh_distance = {{Convert|45|mi|km|abbr=on}} [[Boxing the compass|E]]
| london_distance = {{Convert|346|mi|km|abbr=on}} [[Boxing the compass|SSE]]
| static_image_name = Govan Town Hall - 2021 April 9.jpg
| static_image_caption = [[Govan Town Hall]]
}}

'''Govan''' ({{IPAc-en|'|g|V|v|@|n}} {{respell|GUV|ən}}; [[Cumbric]]: ''Gwovan'';<ref>{{Cite book|last=Clarkson|first=Tim|title=Strathclyde and the Anglo-Saxons in the Viking Age|publisher=John Donald|year=2014|isbn=978-1-906566-78-4|location=Edinburgh|pages=53-4, 54n.51|language=English}}</ref> [[Scots language|Scots]]: ''Gouan''; [[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former [[burgh]] now part of southwest [[Glasgow]], Scotland. It is situated {{convert|2+1/2|mi|km|0|abbr=off}} west of [[Glasgow city centre]], on the south bank of the [[River Clyde]], opposite the mouth of the [[River Kelvin]] and the district of [[Partick]]. Historically it was part of the [[Lanarkshire|County of Lanark]].

In the early medieval period, the site of the present [[Govan Old Parish Church|Govan Old]] churchyard was established as a Christian centre for the [[Brittonic Peoples|Brittonic]] Kingdom of [[Alt Clut]] (Dumbarton Rock) and its successor realm, the [[Kingdom of Strathclyde]]. This latter kingdom, established in the aftermath of the Viking siege and capture of Alt Clut by Vikings from Dublin in 870, created the stone sculptures known today as the [[The Govan Stones|Govan Stones]].

Govan was the site of a ford and later a ferry which linked the area with [[Partick]] for seasonal cattle drovers. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, [[textile]] mills and [[coal mining]] were important; in the early-nineteenth century, [[shipbuilding]] emerged as Govan's principal industry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/landscapes/govan/|title=Scotland's Landscape: Govan|publisher=[[BBC]]|access-date=4 November 2018}}</ref> In 1864, Govan gained [[Burgh|burgh status]], and was the fifth-largest burgh in Scotland. It was incorporated into the City of Glasgow in 1912.<ref name="govanandpartick">{{cite news|title=How Glasgow annexed Govan and Partick 100 years ago|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-19168940|access-date=8 August 2012|author=Reevel Alderson|work=BBC News|date=7 August 2012}}</ref>