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'''Culross''' (/ˈkurəs/) ([[Scottish Gaelic]]: ''Cuileann Ros'', 'holly point or promontory')<ref>{{cite web |title=Culross |url=https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=316 |website=Fife Place-nameDataname Data |accessdate=23 May 2020}}</ref> is a village and former [[royal burgh]], and parish, in [[Fife]], Scotland.
 
According to the 2006 estimate, the village has a population of 395.<ref name="Population Estimates">{{cite web|url=http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/uploadfiles/publications/c64_Population06Leaflet.pdf |title=Population Estimates for Towns and Villages in Fife |publisher=Fife Council |date=March 2008 |accessdate=2009-12-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326084802/http://www.fifedirect.org.uk/uploadfiles/publications/c64_Population06Leaflet.pdf |archivedate=26 March 2012 }}</ref> Originally, Culross served as a [[Port|port city]] on the [[Firth of Forth]] and is believed to have been founded by [[Saint Serf]] during the 6th century.