Cowie, Stirling

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The "Caberboard" fibreboard factory in Cowie

Cowie (Scottish Gaelic: Collaidh, meaning wooded place) is a village in the Stirling council area of Scotland. It lies on the minor B9124 road approximately 4 miles south-east of Stirling and about a mile north of the A9 road. The United Kingdom Census 2001 recorded the population as 2387.^[1]

Cowie was formerly a pit village and stone quarrying was carried on in the surrounds. It is now the site of a factory manufacturing engineered wood products and other light industries. Recent years have seen significant new housing developments in the village for commuters.

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↑ "Comparative Population Profile: Cowie Locality". SCROL. Retrieved 2009-12-07.

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Coordinates: 56°04′50″N 3°52′01″W / 56.0805°N 3.867°W / 56.0805; -3.867

v t e Settlements in Stirling (council area)

Cities	Stirling

Towns	Bannockburn Bridge of Allan Callander Doune Dunblane

Villages	Aberfoyle Arnprior Balfron Balmaha Balquhidder Blanefield Blairlogie Buchlyvie Cambusbarron Cambuskenneth Cowie Crianlarich Croftamie Deanston Drymen Fallin Fintry Gargunnock Gartmore Killearn Killin Kippen Milton of Buchanan Lochearnhead Plean Port of Menteith Strathblane Strathyre Thornhill Throsk Tyndrum

Hamlets	Ardchullarie More Ardchyle Ardeonaig Ashfield Auchlyne Balfron Station Boquhan Buchanan Smithy Kilmahog Kinbuck Kinlochard Mugdock

Other settlements	Blair Drummond Brig o' Turk Inversnaid Rowardennan

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