Perth, Scotland
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
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 Perth city centre, October 2009 | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Population | 44,820 |
| OS grid reference | NO115235 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PERTH |
| Postcode district | PH1-PH3; PH14 |
| Dialling code | 01738 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
Perth is named by some people as The Fair City,[2] though the city status in the United Kingdom said that Perth was no longer a city, until 2012 when, along 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., which plays in the Scottish Premiership, as the Scottish Premier League had its name changed in 2013.
NotesEdit
- ↑ "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 websitesEdit
- Perth City
- Perth History Archived 2012-03-20 at the Wayback Machine
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Perthshire Tourist Board
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