Fife

Fife Fìobha
Coordinates: 56°15′00″N 3°12′00″W
Admin HQ	Glenrothes (umwhile Cupar)
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.gov.uk

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

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. 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.