Methil
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- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Methil
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Meadhchill
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT365995
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 4.79
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Fife
- UK place.post_town
- Leven
- UK place.postcode_district
- KY8
- UK place.postcode_area
- KY
- UK place.dial_code
- 01333
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Glenrothes and Mid Fife
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Kirkcaldy
- UK place.static_image_name
- East Wemyss and Methil from the air (geograph 5836521).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- East Wemyss, Buckhaven, Methil and Leven from the air
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 17
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 344
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Methil () is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland.
Methil has ancient origins: two Bronze Age cemeteries have been discovered which date the settlement as over 8,000 years old. The town was first recorded as "Methkil" in 1207, and belonged to the Bishop of St Andrews. Methil was part of its own barony from 1614 and also part of the former burgh of Buckhaven and Methil, which existed between 1891 and 1975. Previously an industrial maritime powerhouse of the region and once Scotland's greatest coal port, it is now redirecting itself towards a green energy future.