Place:Rosyth, Fife, Scotland
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NameRosyth
TypeInhabited place
Coordinates56.033°N 3.433°W
Located inFife, Scotland     ( - 1975)
See alsoInverkeithing, Fife, Scotlandparish of which Rosyth was a part until 1975
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Rosyth ("headland of Fife") is a town on the Firth of Forth, south of the centre of Dunfermline. According to the census of 2011, the town has a population of 13,440.

The town was founded as a garden city in 1909, and was built to form the coastal port of Dunfermline. Rosyth is almost contiguous with neighbouring Inverkeithing, separated only by the M90 motorway. Rosyth railway station is on the Fife Circle Line.

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