Place:Coalville, Leicestershire, England

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NameCoalville
TypeTown
Coordinates52.717°N 1.367°W
Located inLeicestershire, England
See alsoIbstock, Leicestershire, Englandancient parish in which it was part located until 1866
Whitwick, Leicestershire, Englandancient parish in which it was part located until 1866
Packington, Leicestershire, Englandancient parish in which it was part located until 1866
North West Leicestershire District, Leicestershire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974
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source: Family History Library Catalog


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Coalville is an industrial town in the district of North West Leicestershire, Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England, with a population at the 2011 census of 34,575. It lies on the A511 trunk road between Leicester and Burton upon Trent, close to junction 22 of the M1 motorway where the A511 meets the A50 between Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Leicester. It borders the upland area of Charnwood Forest to the east of the town.

Coalville is twinned with Romans-sur-Isère in southeastern France.

John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales of 1870-72 describes Coalville as "a chapelry in Ibstock, Whitwick, and Packington parishes". It was made an urban district in 1894 and remained as such until 1974.

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