Cupar
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Cupar Scottish Gaelic Cupar Fìobha |
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 19 ′ N , 3 ° 1 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 9339 2011 census | ||
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| Post town | CUPAR | ||
| ZIP code section | KY14, KY15 | ||
| prefix | 01334 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Fife | ||
| British Parliament | North East Fife | ||
| Scottish Parliament | North East Fife | ||
Cupar ( Gaelic : Cupar Fìobha ) is a small town with 9,339 inhabitants in Scotland . Cupar was the capital of Fife until it was moved to Glenrothes in 1975 . Between 1975 and 1993 Cupar was the seat of the abolished North East Fife District Council. Today the buildings are used by the Fife Council.
Cupar was founded in 1363 by David II as the Royal Burgh . In the 11th and 12th centuries, the Macduff clan castle was located on the same site . These were Thanes of Fife and were mentioned in Shakespeare's Macbeth . The castle was the site of Alexander III . First Scottish Parliament organized in 1276 .
Significant buildings in Cupar are the old parish church, St John's Church and the Fife council buildings. Nearby is the lie Mansion Hill of Tarvit , the Scotstarvit Tower and the ruins of Crawford Priory . From 1942 to 1988, the British secret service operated a secret listening station , the Hawklaw Y Station, about four kilometers north of the city center .
A village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan was named after the Scottish Cupar.
sons and daughters of the town
- John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell (1779–1861), Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom
