Fife
Sign in to saveFife ( , ; ; ) is a council area and lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the south, Clackmannanshire to the south-west, and Perth and Kinross to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Dunfermline, and the administrative centre is Glenrothes.
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Fife is a council area in Scotland located on a peninsula that is surrounded by water on three sides and bordered by other Scottish regions on two sides. It matters as an administrative division of Scotland, with Dunfermline as its largest city and Glenrothes serving as its administrative center.
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- Fife
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- Lieutenancy and council area
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- Crail in the East Neuk, Dunfermline Abbey, and the Bunnet Stane
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- Fife UK location map.svg
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- Fife shown within Scotland
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- Sovereign state
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- United Kingdom
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- Country
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- Scotland
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- Lieutenancy area
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- Unitary authority
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19 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative history
- Governance
- Geography
- Demography
- Languages
- Ethnicity
- Settlements
- Historic parishes
- Communities
- Culture
- Places of interest
- Notable Fifers
- Sports
- Media
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Fife ( , ; ; ) is a council area and lieutenancy area in Scotland. A peninsula, it is bordered by the Firth of Tay to the north, the North Sea to the east, the Firth of Forth to the south, Clackmannanshire to the south-west, and Perth and Kinross to the west. The largest settlement is the city of Dunfermline, and the administrative centre is Glenrothes.
Fife has an area of and had a resident population of in , making it Scotland's largest local authority area by population. The population is concentrated in the south, which contains Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy and Glenrothes. The north is less densely populated, and the largest town is St Andrews on the north-east coast. The area is governed by the unitary Fife Council. It covers the same area as the historic county and former region of the same name.