Perth, Scotland
Perth (Scottish Gaelic: [Peairt] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) 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.
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| St John's Toun (old name) The Fair City (nickname) | |
| 240px Perth city centre, October 2009 |
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 Coat of arms |
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| Population | 44,820 |
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| 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 | |
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
- Perth Sheriff Court 2.jpg
This is a photo of listed building number
- Perth, Scotland - Bank of Tay.jpg
River Tay and Tay Street. The wooded islands on the right are known as The Stanners
- St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth.jpg
- High Street (geograph 7206120).jpg
Looking west along Perth's High Street
- Perth Museum and Art Gallery.JPG
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, George Street, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- Perth City Hall - view from W.jpg
Perth City Hall, containing Perth Museum
Fair Maid's House, Curnew Row, Perth, Perth and Kinross, Scotland
- Robert Burns Lounge.jpg
Robert Burns Lounge, Perth
Notes
- ↑ "Population of Perth, 2001 census". scrol.co.uk. [1] Archived 2009-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-16.
- ↑ Graham-Campbell Perth: The Fair City 1994, p.1
Other websites
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- Perth City
- Perth History Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Perthshire Tourist Board
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