Leven (Fife)

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Leven
Street in Leven
Street in Leven
Coordinates 56 ° 12 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 12 ′  N , 3 ° 0 ′  W
Leven (Scotland)
Leven
Leven
administration
Post town LEVEN
ZIP code section KY8
prefix 01332
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Fife
British Parliament Glenrothes , North East Fife
Scottish Parliament Mid Fife and Glenrothes

Leven is a town in the Scottish Council Area Fife . It is located about 13 kilometers northeast of Kirkcaldy and 18 kilometers southwest of St Andrews on the north bank of the Firth of Forth . Leven opens Leven in the Firth of Forth. The village forms a conurbation together with Methil , Buckhaven and Windygates . At the 2011 census survey, the Levenmouth conurbation had 24,474 people. Leven is a sister of Holzminden in Lower Saxony .

history

Bronze Age burial sites are evidence of the historical settlement of Leven. In the 11th century there was a church in what is now Scoonie , which was passed on to the Culdeer of Loch Leven . The village of Leven developed on the bank near the church until the 16th century. In the following centuries various industries developed in Leven , who had meanwhile been given the status of a Burghs of Barony ; including textile and rope manufacturers and salt producers. Furthermore, fishing and coal mining were pursued. Since 1973 the beverage company Diageo has been operating an extensive alcohol warehouse with bottling near the Cameronbridge whiskey distillery , in which various well-known spirits are bottled.

In 1841, 1827 people lived in Leven. Within 40 years Leven grew to 3067 inhabitants. After 9472 inhabitants were counted there in 1971, the number of inhabitants declined in the following decades.

traffic

In the Leven coming from Kirkcaldy opens A955 in which A915 is a (St Andrews Kirkcaldy). In 1840 a bridge was built over the Leven to the neighboring Innerleven , making a previously existing ferry connection obsolete. The bridge on which the A955 crosses the Leven today was replaced by a new building in 1957.

With the industrial development Leven received a port. At first it was a small natural harbor in the Leven estuary. With the Leven Harbor Act in 1876, the construction of a fortified port facility began. With the silting up of the port and the construction of a dock in Methil, the port lost its importance.

In July 1854, the Leven Railway leading to Thornton was opened. In the course of the fortification of the port, a branch line to the port was added. The line was closed in October 1969 and is to be reactivated by 2024.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ^ Information in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  4. ^ A b Leven in: FH Groome (Ed.): Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical , Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh, 1882–1885.
  5. ↑ a b Information on the Leven Railway
  6. ↑ Great Britain: Restoration of the route to Levenmouth (Fife) decided. lok-report.de, August 12, 2019, accessed on August 19, 2019 .

Web links

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