Perth, Scotland

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Coordinates: 56°23′49″N 3°26′14″W / 56.396911°N 3.437262°W / 56.396911; -3.437262

Perth (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt) is a city and the main part of the Perth and Kinross council area in Scotland, with around 43,450[1] people living there. The town was a large burgh before 1975.

Perth
Scottish Gaelic: Peairt
Scots: Pairth
St John's Toun (old name)
The Fair City (nickname)
Tay Street from Queen's Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1542524.jpg
Perth city centre, October 2009
Coa Scotland Town Perth big.svg
Coat of arms
 Perth shown within Perth and Kinross
Population 44,820 
OS grid reference NO115235
Council area Perth and Kinross
Lieutenancy area Perth and Kinross
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PERTH
Postcode district PH1-PH3; PH14
Dialling code 01738
Police Tayside
Fire Tayside
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK Parliament Ochil and South Perthshire
Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish Parliament Perthshire North
Perthshire South and Kinross-shire
Mid Scotland and Fife
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Perth is named by some people as The Fair City,[2] Its status in the United Kingdom was not a city a city until 2012. Then, with Chelmsford (in Essex, England) and St Asaph (in north Wales), it was given city status to mark Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne. Scotland's other six cities are Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Stirling and Inverness.

Perth also has its own football team, St. Johnstone F.C.. This plays in the Scottish Premiership.

Perth, Scotland Media

Notes

  1. "Population of Perth, 2001 census". scrol.co.uk. [1] Archived 2009-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-16.
  2. Graham-Campbell Perth: The Fair City 1994, p.1

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