Inverkeithing
Inverkeithing
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 A view across Inverkeithing harbour |
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 Inverkeithing
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| Inverkeithing shown within Fife | |
| Population | 5,265 |
| OS grid reference | NT130829 |
| • Edinburgh | 9 mi (14 km) S |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Inverkeithing |
| Postcode district | KY11 |
| Dialling code | 01383 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
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Inverkeithing (/ˌɪnvərˈkiːðɪŋ/ 
listen ) is a town and a royal burgh, and parish, in Fife, Scotland, located on the Firth of Forth. According to population estimates (2006), the town has a population of 5,265. The port town was given burgh status by King David I of Scotland (1124–53) in the 12th century and is situated about 9 miles (15 km) north from Edinburgh Airport and about 4 miles from the centre of Dunfermline. Modern Inverkeithing is almost continuous with Rosyth and Dalgety Bay. Inverkeithing is a developing town and has many new housing sites including one next to the town's railway station.
The civil parish has a population of 8,090 (in 2011).
The name is of Scottish Gaelic origin, Inbhir Céitein. Inbhir means 'confluence, inflow' thus 'mouth of the Keithing/Ceitein. The Keithing is the name of a small river or burn that runs through the southern part of the town. Taylor (2006) notes that the name Keithing probably contains the Pictish (Brythonic) *coet, 'wood', so the Keithing burn would have meant 'burn that runs through or past or issues from woodland'.
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