Cowdenbeath (Scotland)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Cowdenbeath (Scotland)
Other forms of name
nnaa Cowdenbeath, Scot
Coordinates
-3.35 -3.35 56.11 56.11 (gooearth )
W0032100 W0032100 N0560700 N0560700 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 138487520
Wikidata: Q1010263
Library of congress: n 88238136
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 56°07ʹ00ʺN 003°21ʹ00ʺW)
  • G.W. May Ltd. Cowdenbeath, 1974?
  • LC database, 2-24-89(hdg.: Cowdenbeath, Scot.)
  • Barth. gaz. of places in Brit., 1986(Cowdenbeath, Fife, town; no others cited)

Wikipedia description:

Cowdenbeath ( ) is a town and burgh in west Fife, Scotland. It is 5 miles (8 km) north-east of Dunfermline and 18 miles (29 km) north of the capital, Edinburgh. The town grew up around the extensive coalfields of the area and became a police burgh in 1890. According to a 2008 estimate, the town has a population of 14,081. The wider civil parish of Beath has a population of 17,351 (in 2011).

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