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Cowdenbeath (Coilltean Beithe in Scottish Gaelic) is a burgh in Fife, Scotland. The outlying area of the eponymous town was awarded burgh status in 1890. Cowdenbeath is an anglicized version of Coilltean Beithe, meaning Birch Woods.

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The town made its name as a famous coal mining centre. At the height of its size, the town was home to 25,000 people, mostly connected with this industry, but as the mines closed in the 1960s, the population declined in common with the trend of Scottish towns. It is now relatively settled at its current level of around 11,627 (2001 Census).

Cowdenbeath lies in south-western Fife, near the larger town of Dunfermline. Its precise coordinates are 56.11°N 3.35°W. As the mining legacy of the town suggests, Cowdenbeath lies near the southern ridge of hills running through Fife.

The town has a railway station on the Fife Circle Line. It forms part of the Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath Westminster parliamentary constituency.

Cowdenbeath contains a rather dilapidated stadium called Central Park, which can hold a maximum capacity of 5,268. A large expanse of terracing, a minority of which has a roof over it, and covered seating for 1,622 spectators. The stadium boasts a tarmac track, one of Britain's fastest, used for stock-car racing, and within by this is a football pitch, used by the Scottish Football League club Cowdenbeath F.C., known affectionately as The Blue Brazil. It has recently been announced however that the stadium has been sold for redevelopment, with a new one being built nearby for the Football club, complete with an all weather pitch, and presumably including stock cars too although nothing has been announced regarding their future as yet.

• Cowdenbeath on FifeDirect
• Cowdenbeath in the 80's by Drongomala

Coordinates: 56°07′N 3°21′W