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Denny is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland, formerly in the county of Stirlingshire. It is situated 7mi west of Falkirk, and 6mi north-east of Cumbernauld, adjacent to both the M80 and M876 motorways. At the 2011 census, Denny had a resident population of 7,933.Denny is separated from neighbouring village Dunipace by the River Carron. Until the early 1980s, Denny was a centre for heavy industry, including several iron foundries, brickworks, a coal mine and paper mills.RegenerationDenny is currently going through a £7.6 million regeneration scheme in the town centre.Notable people Thomas Bain, Canadian politician John Adam Cramb, historian David Forrester, divine George William Gray, chemist, and pioneer of liquid crystal display Matthew Hay, doctor Carl Kirkwood, Australian politician Christian Maclagan, possibly the first female archaeologist in Britain Danny Malloy, boxer Stevie McCrorie, musician

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