Cupar

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

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. It is the historic county town of Fife, although the council now sits at Glenrothes.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

John Campbell, 1st Baron Campbell

British politician (1779-1861)

James Wilson

Justice on the US Supreme Court (1742-1798)

W. Montgomery Watt

Scottish historian and Orientalist (1909–2006)

James George Scott

Scottish colonial administrator (1851–1935)

John Leslie

British mathematician and physicist (1766–1832)

Robert Duncan Milne

American writer (1844–1899)

Geo Davidson

Italian entrepreneur and bicycle racer (1865-1956)

Thomas Annan

Scottish photographer (1829-1887))

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William Wallace

Scottish philosopher (1844–1897)

H

Henry Hope

British soldier and colonial administrator in the Province of Quebec

Ralph Cochrane

Royal Air Force air marshal (1895–1977)

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William Hinde

polo player (1900–1981)

Alec Fraser

British actor (1884-1956)

Alexander Berry

Australian politician (1781-1873)

Alexander Wood

Scottish physician

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Bob Martin

professional golfer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Scotland

• Over Rankeilour
  3 mi away
• Star
  7.9 mi away · pop. 500
• Fetterdale
  9.2 mi away
• Blairhall
  11.3 mi away
• Backmuir of Liff
  12.7 mi away
• Ballumbie Castle Estate
  13 mi away
• New Fargie
  13.6 mi away
• Woodside Cottages
  14.1 mi away
• Backmuir
  14.3 mi away
• The Shieling
  14.4 mi away
• Balnuith
  14.5 mi away
• Balkemback
  14.7 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Cupar

Report of the proceedings of the great public meeting, held in Cupar, on 7th March

Cupar (Scotland) · 1839

The official guide to Cupar

Cupar (Scotland). Town Council. · 1960

Index to Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1947

Cupar (Scotland). County Clerk · 1949

The Course of Conformitie, As it{ Hath proceeded, Is concluded, Should be refused. ... (3 lines; lace ornament)

Scot, William minister, Cupar, Scotland · 1622

Cupar

Paula Martin · 2006

Auchtermuchty and Cupar

Ordnance Survey · 1977

Cupar and the Howe of Fife local plan

Fife (Scotland). Planning Service. · 2000

Cupar.

1970

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Carrion Crow

Corvus corone

Seen 2026-09-17

Common Darter

Sympetrum striolatum

Seen 2026-09-17

Common Wood-Pigeon

Columba palumbus

Seen 2026-09-17

European ash

Fraxinus excelsior

Seen 2026-09-15

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-09-14

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-09-14

Knotted Wrack

Ascophyllum nodosum

Seen 2026-09-14

European black elderberry

Sambucus nigra

Seen 2026-09-14

Oyster Gall Wasp

Neuroterus anthracinus

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers