Cowdenbeath
Cowdenbeath () is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 2008 estimate, the town has a population of 14,081.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Cowdenbeath
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT160916
- UK place.post_town
- COWDENBEATH
- UK place.postcode_district
- KY4
- UK place.postcode_area
- KY
- UK place.dial_code
- 01383
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Fife
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Fife
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Cowdenbeath
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Cowdenbeath () is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is north-east of Dunfermline and north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 2008 estimate, the town has a population of 14,081.
The wider civil parish of Beath has a population of 17,351 (in 2011).
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