Fife
Fife Fìobha | |
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Coordinates: 56°15′00″N 3°12′00″W / 56.25000°N 3.20000°WCoordinates: 56°15′00″N 3°12′00″W / 56.25000°N 3.20000°W | |
Admin HQ | Glenrothes (umwhile Cupar)[1] |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Fife Cooncil |
• Control | SNP + Lab (cooncil NOC) |
• MPs | Douglas Chapman Stephen Gethins Peter Grant Lesley Laird |
• MSPs | Annabelle Ewing Jenny Gilruth Willie Rennie Shirley-Anne Somerville David Torrance |
Area | |
• Total | 1325 km2 (512 sq mi) |
Area rank | Ranked 13t |
Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
• Total | 370,300 |
• Rank | Rankit 3rd |
• Density | 279/km2 (720/sq mi) |
ONS code | S12000015 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-FIF |
Website | www |
Fife (Scots Gaelic: Fìobh) is ane o the 32 cooncil areas o Scotland. It ligs atwein the Firth o Tay an the Firth o Forth. It is a tradeitional coontie o Scotland, an a lieutenancie area tae.
Fife wis ane o the Pectish kingriks an is aye kent as the Kingrik o Fife. Fife maistlyk taks its name frae Fib or Fif, a 7t centurie Pectish king. He wis ane o the seivin sons o Cruithne, a warrior king that ruled ower a wyd area o auncient Scotland.
Frae 1975 til 1996 Fife wis sindert intil thrie destriks: Dunfaurlin, Kirkcaldy, an North-Eist Fife. Sin 1996 the wark o thae destrik cooncils haes been cairrit oot bi Fife Cooncil.
Touns an veilages[eedit | eedit soorce]
Cupar tuik ower as coontie toun frae The Crail in the aerlie 13t centurie. Glenrothes haes been the heidtoun sin 1975. Fife's thrie mukkil touns ar – Kirkcaldy, Dunfaurlin an Glenrothes. Gaun bi the 2006 estimate, Kirkcaldy is the mukkilest, wi aboot 48,108 indwallers.[2] The mukkilest sattilment bi area is Glenrothes. The next mukkil touns b population ar St Andras, Dawgety Bay, Rosyth, Methil an Coudenbaith. The lave o Fife is made up o smawer touns sic as Inverkeithin, Kincairdine, Ainster, Lochgelly, Bruntisland, Leevin, Neeburgh, Tayport an Cupar an veilages sic as Kinglassie, Kinghorn, Elie, Auchtertool, Crossgates an Bingry.
Referenses[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Complete Atlas of the British Isles. Readers' Digest. 1965. p. 218.
- ↑ "Population Estimates for Towns and Villages in Fife" (PDF). Fife Council. Mairch 2008. Retrieved 17 August 2009.[deid airtin]
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