Pittenweem
Sign in to savePittenweem ( ) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747.
Weather now
cached 143h ago17°haze
88% 2.1 m/s OpenWeatherMap
Place details
- Locality
- Pittenweem
- Region
- Alba / Scotland
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,490
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.dial_code
- 01333
- UK place.official_name
- Pittenweem
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Baile na h-Uaimh
- UK place.static_image_name
- Pittenweem, Fife, Scotland.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Pittenweem
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NO5402
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Fife
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Fife
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.post_town
- Anstruther
- UK place.postcode_area
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- +1440
- Elevation
- +21
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Location
- East Neuk
- Image
- Pittenweem2.jpg
Show 1 more fact
- P12749
- Letta
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
15 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Industry
- Geography
- Education
- Religion
- Culture
- Politics
- Sport
- Bus services
- Notable people
- In popular culture
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Pittenweem ( ) is a fishing village and civil parish in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,747.
==Etymology== The name derives from Pictish and Scottish Gaelic. "Pit-" represents Pictish pett 'place, portion of land', and "-enweem" is Gaelic na h-Uaimh, 'of the Caves' in Gaelic, so "The Place of the Caves", named after St Fillan's cave. The name is rendered Baile na h-Uaimh in modern Gaelic, with baile, 'town, settlement', substituted for the Pictish prefix.