Motherwell

Motherwell is an industrial town in the region of central Scotland, with a population of 32,840 in 2020. It's 16 miles southeast of Glasgow, and divided by the motorway and River Clyde from neighbouring .
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  • Type: Town with 32,100 residents
  • Description: town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Motherwell, North Lanarkshire”, “Tobar na Mathar”, “Мазервел”, “மதர்வெல்”, “మోతేర్వేల్”, and “마더웰”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fir Park and Motherwell railway station.

Stadium
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Stadium is a football stadium situated in Motherwell, , Scotland.

Railway station
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serves the town of Motherwell, in , Scotland.

Church
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The Cathedral Church of Our Lady of Good Aid…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hamilton and Bellshill.

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is a town on in central Scotland.

Town
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is a town in in Scotland… is situated 2½ miles northwest of Motherwell.

Town
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is a village situated between…

Motherwell

Latitude
55.7894° or 55° 47′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.9904° or 3° 59′ 26″ west
Population
32,100
Elevation
272 feet (83 metres)
IATA airport code
XQW
UN/LOCODE
GB MOW
Open location code
9C7RQ2Q5+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 93798500
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2642135
Wiki­data ID
Q737547
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Motherwell” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماذرويل”
  • Armenian: “Մոթերուելլ”
  • Asturian: “Motherwell”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mazervell”
  • Basque: “Motherwell”
  • Bengali: “মাদারওয়েল”
  • Breton: “Tobar na Màthar”
  • Bulgarian: “Мъдъруел”
  • Catalan: “Motherwell”
  • Cebuano: “Motherwell”
  • Chinese: “馬瑟威爾”
  • Chinese: “馬瑟韋爾”
  • Chinese: “马瑟韦尔”
  • Czech: “Motherwell”
  • Danish: “Motherwell”
  • Dutch: “Motherwell”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماذرويل”
  • Estonian: “Motherwell”
  • Finnish: “Motherwell”
  • French: “Motherwell”
  • German: “Motherwell”
  • Gujarati: “મધરવેલ”
  • Hebrew: “מאת’רוול”
  • Icelandic: “Motherwell”
  • Ido: “Motherwell”
  • Indonesian: “Motherwell”
  • Irish: “Tobar na Máthar”
  • Irish: “Tobar na Màthar”
  • Italian: “Motherwell”
  • Japanese: “マザーウェル”
  • Kannada: “ಮದರ್ವೆಲ್”
  • Korean: “머더웰”
  • Latvian: “Matervela”
  • Lithuanian: “Madervelis”
  • Northern Frisian: “Motherwell”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Motherwell”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Motherwell”
  • Norwegian: “Motherwell”
  • Persian: “مادرول”
  • Polish: “Motherwell”
  • Portuguese: “Motherwell”
  • Russian: “Мазервелл”
  • Russian: “Мотеруэлл”
  • Scots: “Mitherwall”
  • Scots: “Motherwal”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Tobar na Màthar”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Motherwell”
  • Silesian: “Motherwell”
  • Sindhi: “مڌر ويل”
  • Slovak: “Motherwell”
  • Slovenian: “Motherwell”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مادرول”
  • Spanish: “Motherwell”
  • Swedish: “Motherwell”
  • Tamil: “மோதெரவெல்”
  • Telugu: “మదర్ వెల్”
  • Turkish: “Motherwell”
  • Ukrainian: “Мотервелл”
  • Urdu: “موتھیرویل”
  • Welsh: “Motherwell”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬瑟韋爾”
  • “Motherwell”

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