Glenrothes
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Glenrothes Scottish Gaelic Gleann Ràthais |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 12 ′ N , 3 ° 10 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 39,277 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | GLENROTHES | ||
| ZIP code section | KY6, KY7 | ||
| prefix | 01592 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Fife | ||
| British Parliament | Glenrothes | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Mid Fife and Glenrothes | ||
Glenrothes ( Scottish Gaelic Gleann Ràthais ) is a Scottish city with 39,277 inhabitants and the administrative seat of the Council Area Fife . It was created in 1948 as a planned town from several smaller farming communities.
Originally the most important industries were paper making and coal mining . The population therefore consisted largely of miners who came from western Scotland, especially from the Glasgow area . Today Glenrothes is characterized by numerous electrical factories. This development made the city the center of the Fife Council. Fife House and other Fife Council buildings are in the city center.
To the north of the center lie Balfarg and Balbirnie , two apparently related Neolithic burial sites and cult sites.
Glenrothes from East Lomond Hill seen from
Twin cities
- City partnership with Böblingen (D) since 1971.
- Böblingen the statue donated the sister city in 1991 on the occasion of the 20-year partnership anniversary The Defenseless One (German The defenseless ) made by the German sculptor and native Böblinger Rudolf Christian Baisch was created (1903-1990). The bronze statue on a stone pedestal was placed in Riverside Park in Glenrothes.
Individual evidence
Web links
Commons : Glenrothes - Collection of images, videos and audio files
