Pittenweem

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.

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Place details

Locality: Pittenweem
Region: Alba / Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 1,490
Timezone: Europe/London

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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: KY
UK place.postcode_district: KY10
UK place.constituency_westminster: North East Fife
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament: North East Fife

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Wikidata facts

Population: 1440
Elevation: 21
Image: Pittenweem2.jpg
Dialing code: 01334

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Commons category: Pittenweem
OS grid reference: NO5402
P12749: Letta

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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.