Fife

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Region: Scotland
Country: Scotland

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

Fife lies between the Firth of Forth and Firth of Tay, known for its coastline, fishing villages, and the historic town of St Andrews, home to Scotland’s oldest university and the “Home of Golf.” Its largest town is Dunfermline, now a city.

The local government for this district is: Fife Council (Scotland Council Area).

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 ‘council areas’ (Scottish Gaelic: comhairlean), each administered by a single-tier authority known simply as a council.

This district page, Fife, is a sub-page of this region page: Scotland. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Fife

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 57 of them are in Scotland. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Fife

Fife is divided into 22 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages
  • Burntisland, Kinghorn and Western Kirkcaldy
  • Cowdenbeath
  • Cupar
  • Dunfermline Central
  • Dunfermline North
  • Dunfermline South
  • East Neuk and Landward
  • Glenrothes Central and Thornton
  • Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch
  • Glenrothes West and Kinglassie
  • Howe of Fife and Tay Coast
  • Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay
  • Kirkcaldy Central
  • Kirkcaldy East
  • Kirkcaldy North
  • Leven, Kennoway and Largo
  • Lochgelly, Cardenden and Benarty
  • Rosyth
  • St Andrews
  • Tay Bridgehead
  • West Fife and Coastal Villages

Fife in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Fife is within an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) Scotland
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ Eastern Scotland
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Clackmannanshire and Fife

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in Scotland