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Anstruther
  • Scottish Gaelic: Ànsruthair[1]
  • Scots: Ainster[2][3]
Anstruther seafront
Anstruther is located in Fife
Anstruther
Anstruther
Location within Fife
Population3,950 (2020)[4]
OS grid referenceNO564035
Council area
  • Fife
Lieutenancy area
  • Fife
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townAnstruther
Postcode districtKY10
Dialling code01333
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
  • North East Fife
Scottish Parliament
  • North East Fife
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°13′24″N 2°42′10″W / 56.22344°N 2.70274°W / 56.22344; -2.70274

Anstruther /ˈænstrəðər/ (Scots: Ainster or Enster[5] /ˈnstər/ ;[6][7] Scottish Gaelic: Ànsruthair) is a coastal town in Fife, Scotland, situated on the north-shore of the Firth of Forth[8] and 9 mi (14 km) south-southeast of St Andrews. The town comprises two settlements, Anstruther Easter and Anstruther Wester,[8] which are divided by a stream, the Dreel Burn. With a population of 3,500, it is the largest community on the Firth of Forth's north-shore coastline known as the East Neuk. To the east, it merges with the village of Cellardyke.[8]

  1. ^ "Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba - Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland - Database". www.gaelicplacenames.org. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2012.
  2. ^ "Scotslanguage.com - Names in Scots - Places in Scotland".
  3. ^ The Online Scots Dictionary Archived 26 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  5. ^ "Names in Scots - Places in Scotland".
  6. ^ "Fife Place-name Data :: Anstruther". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
  7. ^ EB (1911).
  8. ^ a b c Munro, David M.; Gittings, B.M. (2006). Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes. Glasgow: Collins. p. 22. ISBN 9780004724669. OCLC 225152110.

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