Fife

Also known as Fìobha, Fifeshire, Fiobha, GB-FIF

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.

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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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Key facts

Settlement.name: Fife
Settlement.settlement_type: Lieutenancy and council area
Settlement.image_caption: Crail in the East Neuk, Dunfermline Abbey, and the Bunnet Stane
Settlement.image_map: Fife UK location map.svg
Settlement.map_caption: Fife shown within Scotland
Settlement.subdivision_type: Sovereign state
Settlement.subdivision_name: United Kingdom
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Scotland
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Lieutenancy area
Settlement.established_title: Unitary authority
Settlement.established_date: 1 April 1996
Settlement.seat_type: AdministrativeHQ
Settlement.seat: Fife House, Glenrothes
Settlement.government_type: Council
Settlement.governing_body: Fife Council
Settlement.leader_title: Control
Settlement.leader_title3: MPs

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Research organization · ROR

Type: Government
Location: Glenrothes, United Kingdom
Also known as: Fìobha
Status: Active

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Wikidata facts

Population: 355460
Area: 1325.025
Official website: www.fife.gov.uk
Image: Fife House, Glenrothes.jpg

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Commons category: Fife
catalog code: 16
carbon footprint: 349262.91
P12749: Tabernaemontana divaricata
native label: Fife

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Contents

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 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.