Perth, Scotland
Coordinates: 56°23′49″N 3°26′14″W / 56.396911°N 3.437262°W
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) | |
 Perth city centre, October 2009 |
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 Coat of arms |
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 Perth shown within Perth and Kinross | |
| 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
A sculpture of the Fair Maid of Perth, by Graham Ibbeson, sits at the east end of the pedestrianised High Street. It refers to the novel of the same name by Sir Walter Scott.
Engraving of a view of Perth by James Fittler in Scotia Depicta, published 1804
A prior version of Perth's mercat cross was moved to the grounds of nearby Fingask Castle after it was deemed an obstruction to street traffic
River Tay and Tay Street. The wooded islands on the right are known as The Stanners
St John's Kirk, South St John's Place, Perth, Perth & Kinross
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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
- Perth City
- Perth History Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Perthshire Tourist Board
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