Shotts

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Shotts

Total population

8,630

Coordinates55.82°, -3.81°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Shotts is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located 16 miles from Glasgow and has a population of about 8,840. A local story has Shotts being named after the legendary giant highwayman Bertram de Shotts, though toponymists give the Anglo-Saxon scēots as the real source of the name. Shotts is the home of the world famous Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, 16-time winners of World Pipe Band Championships.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.