Cardenden

{{Short description|Town in Fife, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2025}}

{{Infobox UK place

| map_type =

| country = Scotland

| official_name = Cardenden

| gaelic_name =

| scots_name =

| population = {{Scottish locality population|name|POP=Cardenden and Auchterderran}}

| population_ref = ({{Scottish settlement population citation|year}}){{Scottish settlement population citation}}

| os_grid_reference = NT2295

| coordinates = {{coord|56.133|-3.250|display=inline,title}}

| unitary_scotland = Fife

| lieutenancy_scotland = Fife

| post_town = LOCHGELLY

| postcode_district = KY5

| postcode_area = KY

| dial_code = 01592

| constituency_westminster = Glenrothes and Mid Fife

| constituency_scottish_parliament = Cowdenbeath

| static_image_name = Cardenden.jpg

| static_image_caption = Houses in Cardenden

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Cardenden ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|k|ɑr|d|ən|ˈ|d|ɛ|n|audio=Cardenden.ogg}}) is a Scottish town located on the south bank of the River Ore in the parish of Auchterderran, Fife. It is approximately {{convert|4|mi|km|0|abbr=off|spell=on}} northwest of Kirkcaldy. Cardenden was named in 1848 by the Edinburgh and Northern Railway for its new railway station. A former mining town, Cardenden had a reported population of 448 in 1891 that had increased to 5,533 as of 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/uk-scotland.php?cityid=097001|title=Cardenden (Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics and Location in Maps and Charts|work=citypopulation.de}}

Areas of Cardenden include Auchterderran, Bowhill, Dundonald, the Jamphlars, New Carden and Woodend.