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Lochgelly (; Gaelic: ''Loch Gheallaidh'') is a town in Fife, Scotland. It is located between Lochs Ore and Gelly 〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland )〕 to the north-west and south-east respectively. It is separated from Cowdenbeath by the village of Lumphinnans. According to the 2007 population estimate, the town has a population of 6,834.〔 〕 ==History== From the 1830s until the 1960s Lochgelly was a mining town.〔 With the industry now dead the town has slipped into economic and social deprivation as with other former mining towns. Lochgelly is now classed as town in need of regeneration "economically and socially" and has the cheapest average home price in Britain. Lochgelly, as part of the old parliamentary constituency of West Fife, was known as "Little Moscow" up to the 1950s owing to its Communist political leanings. An area of Lochgelly was known as the Happy Lands (or Happy Valley)〔Happy Lands Memories - http://lochgelly3.tripod.com/id4.html〕 and is referenced in the Scottish folk song 'The Kelty Clippie'.〔The Kelty Clippie Lyrics - http://www.scotsindependent.org/features/singasang/kelty_clippie.htm〕 The town is served by Lochgelly railway station on the line between Edinburgh and Markinch. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lochgelly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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