Elie and Earlsferry

Elie and Earlsferry
Elie and Earlsferry is located in Fife
Elie and Earlsferry
Elie and Earlsferry
Location within Fife
Population640 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNO4900
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLeven
Postcode districtKY9
Dialling code01333
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
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56°11′24″N 2°49′24″W / 56.18988°N 2.82334°W / 56.18988; -2.82334

Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven. The burgh comprised the linked villages of Elie (/ˈli/ EE-lee) to the east and to the west Earlsferry, which were formally merged in 1930 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929. To the north is the village of Kilconquhar and Kilconquhar Loch.

The civil parish has a population of 861 (in 2011).[2]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See "Standard Outputs", Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930