Cupar
Cupar is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fife, and the civil parish a population of 11,183.- Type: Town with 9,200 residents
- Description: town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Cupar Fife”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cupar railway station and Adamson Hospital.
Cupar railway station
Railway station
Photo: Scott Cormie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cupar railway station is a railway station that serves the town of Cupar in Fife, Scotland. The station has two platforms, of which the southbound one is now wheelchair accessible. Services are provided by ScotRail and CrossCountry.
Adamson Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Adamson Hospital is a small community hospital in Cupar, Fife which was established in 1904. It was expanded in the 1930s and again in the 1970s when a health centre and two GP practices were added.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ceres and Springfield.
Ceres
Village
Photo: Kim Traynor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ceres is a village in Fife, Scotland, located in a small glen approximately 2 miles over the Ceres Moor from Cupar and 7 mi from St Andrews. The former parish of that name included the settlements of Baldinnie, Chance Inn, Craigrothie, Pitscottie and Tarvit Mill. Ceres is situated 2½ miles southeast of Cupar.
Springfield
Village
Photo: James Allan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Springfield is a town on the edge of Howe of Fife, 3 miles to the south-west of the town of Cupar, Fife, Scotland. The origin of the community is thought to be from the linen industry in the 19th century. Springfield is situated 2½ miles southwest of Cupar.
Stratheden
Hamlet
Stratheden is a hamlet 2 miles west of Cupar, and just north of Springfield, in Fife, Scotland. Stratheden Hospital was built as the Fife and Kinross District Lunatic Asylum in July 1866.
Cupar
- Categories: small burgh and locality
- Location: Fife, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
56.3194° or 56° 19′ 10″ northLongitude
-3.0117° or 3° 0′ 42″ westPopulation
9,200Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB CUPOpen location code
9C8R8X9Q+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 29755168OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Cupar” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Cupar”
- Basque: “Cupar”
- Bengali: “কুপার”
- Catalan: “Cupar”
- Cebuano: “Cupar”
- Chinese: “库帕”
- Chinese: “庫帕”
- Chinese: “庫珀”
- Czech: “Cupar”
- Danish: “Cupar”
- Dutch: “Cupar”
- Faroese: “Cupar”
- French: “Cupar”
- German: “Cupar”
- Gujarati: “કુપર”
- Icelandic: “Cupar”
- Irish: “Cúbar”
- Irish: “Cùbar”
- Irish: “Cupar Fìobha”
- Italian: “Cupar”
- Japanese: “カッパ―”
- Japanese: “クーパー”
- Kalaallisut: “Cupar”
- Kannada: “ಕ್ಯೂಪಾರ್”
- Korean: “쿠퍼”
- Lithuanian: “Kuparas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Cupar”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Cupar”
- Norwegian: “Cupar”
- Persian: “کوپار”
- Polish: “Cupar”
- Portuguese: “Cupar”
- Russian: “Купар”
- Scots: “Cupar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cùbar Fìobha”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cùbar”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Cupar Fìobha”
- Slovak: “Cupar”
- Slovenian: “Cupar”
- Spanish: “Cupar”
- Swedish: “Cupar, Skottland”
- Swedish: “Cupar”
- Tamil: “கப்பற்”
- Telugu: “క్యూపర్”
- Urdu: “کیوپر”
- Welsh: “Cupar”
- “Cupar”
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