What is "cupar"

Cupar ( ; ) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. The town is situated between Dundee and Glenrothes.

According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, the ninth largest settlement in Fife.

The civil parish has a population of 11,183 (in 2011).

Cupar is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, Scotland.

Cupar may also refer to:

• Places or things near or in the above town in Fife, Scotland
  • Cupar Muir, a small settlement in Fife situated beside the town of Cupar
  • Cupar railway station
  • Cupar Castle, a former royal castle at Cupar, Fife, Scotland
  • Cupar Hearts A.F.C.
• HMS Cupar (1918), a Hunt class minesweeper of the Royal Navy from World War I
• Cupar, Saskatchewan, a town in Saskatchewan province, Canada
  • Cupar No. 218, Saskatchewan, a rural municipality in Saskatchewan, Canada

Cupar in Fife was a royal burgh that returned one commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland and to the Convention of Estates.

After the Acts of Union 1707, Cupar, Dundee, Forfar, Perth and St Andrews formed the Perth district of burghs, returning one member between them to the House of Commons of Great Britain.