Towns and Villages
Cupar took over as county town from Crail in the early 13th century. Glenrothes is now the administrative centre, after the decision to locate the headquarters of the newly established Fife Regional Council in 1975. Fife's three major towns are Kirkcaldy, Dunfermline and Glenrothes. According to the 2006 estimate, Kirkcaldy is the largest settlement, with a population of 48,108. The largest settlement in terms of area is Glenrothes. The next sizeable towns by population are St Andrews, Dalgety Bay, Rosyth, Methil and Cowdenbeath. The rest of Fife includes smaller towns such as Inverkeithing, Kincardine, Anstruther, Lochgelly, Burntisland, Leven, Newburgh, Tayport and Cupar, and villages such as Springfield, Kinglassie, Kinghorn, Elie, Auchtertool, Crossgates, Ballingry and Auchtermuchty.
The county was formerly divided into parishes, often but not always based on a town or village:
- Abbotshall
- Abdie
- Aberdour
- Anstruther Easter
- Anstruther Wester
- Arngask (Perthshire)
- Auchterderran
- Auchtermuchty
- Auchtertool
- Ballingry
- Balmerino
- Beath
- Buckhaven
- Burntisland
- Cameron
- Carnbee
- Carnock
- Ceres
- Collessie
- Crail
- Creich
- Culross (Perthshire)
- Cults
- Cupar
- Dairsie
- Dalgety
- Dunbog
- Dunfermline
- Dunino
- Dysart
- Elie
- Falkland
- Ferry Port On Craig
- Flisk
- Forgan
- Inverkeithing & Rosyth
- Kemback
- Kennoway
- Kettle
- Kilconquhar
- Kilmany
- Kilrenny (Cellardyke)
- Kinghorn
- Kinglassie
- Kingsbarns
- Kirkcaldy
- Largo
- Leslie
- Leuchars
- Lochgelly
- Leven
- Logie
- Markinch
- Methil
- Monimail
- Moonzie
- Newburgh
- Newburn
- Pittenweem
- Saline
- Scoonie
- St Andrews & St Leonards
- St Monance (and Abercrombie)
- Strathmiglo
- Torryburn
- Wellwood
- Wemyss
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