Methil

Also known as Methil, Fife

Key facts

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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Wikidata facts

Population: 10800
Elevation: 14
Image: Lower Methil High Street.jpg
Dialing code: 01333

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Commons category: Methil
postal code: KY8
OS grid reference: NT365995
P8168: hyperbolic geometry

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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.