Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

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Dunfermline, in Fife, Scotland, is a historic town best known as the birthplace of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Dunfermline 3
Dunfermline parish 1
Dunfermline town centre 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement
town
country Scotland
dialingCode +44 1383
distanceToEdinburgh approximately 18 miles northwest
governingCouncilArea Fife Council
hasBirthplaceOf Andrew Carnegie
hasCulturalVenue Alhambra Theatre, Dunfermline
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
hasEducationalInstitution Fife College (Dunfermline campus)
hasFootballClub Dunfermline Athletic F.C.
hasHistoricStatus royal burgh of Scotland
hasIndustry light manufacturing
retail
service sector
hasLandmark Andrew Carnegie Birthplace Museum
Carnegie Hall, Dunfermline
Dunfermline Abbey
Dunfermline Carnegie Library
Dunfermline Palace
Pittencrieff Park
hasLibrary Dunfermline Carnegie Library
hasNotablePerson Andrew Carnegie
Barbara Dickson
St. Margaret of Scotland (associated)
hasParish Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland self-linksurface differs
surface form: Dunfermline parish
hasPark Pittencrieff Park
hasRailwayStation Dunfermline Queen Margaret railway station
Dunfermline Town railway station
hasReligiousSite Dunfermline Abbey
hasRoyalConnection burial place of Robert the Bruce (except heart)
former capital of Scotland (medieval period)
hasTwinTown Albufeira
Furnes (Veurne)
Vichy
historicallyKnownFor linen industry
historicalRegion former royal burgh
knownFor birthplace of Andrew Carnegie
locatedIn Central Lowlands of Scotland
Fife
locatedNear Firth of Forth
partOf United Kingdom
postalArea KY
region Central Lowlands of Scotland
surface form: East Central Scotland
timeZone BST
GMT

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Dunfermline Athletic F.C. basedIn Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Andrew Carnegie birthPlace Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Charles I of England birthPlace Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
David II of Scotland birthPlace Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Fife hasLargestTown Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
this entity surface form: Dunfermline
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland hasParish Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Dunfermline parish
Carnegie United Kingdom Trust headquartersLocation Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
this entity surface form: Dunfermline, Scotland
Dunfermline Town railway station locatedIn Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
this entity surface form: Dunfermline
Dunfermline Town railway station near Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
this entity surface form: Dunfermline town centre
Dunfermline Town railway station serves Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
this entity surface form: Dunfermline