Perth and Kinross
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| Perth and Kinross Peairt agus Ceann Rois |
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| Location | |
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| Geography | |
| Area | Ranked 5th |
| - Total | 5,286 km2 (2,041 sq mi) |
| - % Water | ? |
| Admin HQ | Perth |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-PKN |
| ONS code | 00RB |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Ranked 13th |
| - Total (2008) | 144,200 |
| - Density | 27 /km2 (70 /sq mi) |
| Politics | |
 Perth & Kinross Council |
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| Control | Scottish National Party/Liberal Democrat |
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Perth and Kinross (Peairt agus Ceann Rois in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Dundee City, Fife, Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Argyll and Bute and Highland council areas. Perth is the administrative centre. It corresponds broadly, but not exactly, with the former counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.
Perthshire and Kinross-shire had a joint county council from 1929 until 1975. The area was created a single district in 1975, in the Tayside region, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and then reconstituted as a unitary authority (with a minor boundary adjustment) in 1996, by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
The county has the slogan:"Scotland's First Fairtrade County"
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[edit] Towns and villages
- Abbots Deuglie
- Abernethy
- Aberfeldy
- Acharn
- Almondbank
- Alyth
- Amulree
- Auchlyne
- Auchterarder
- Balado
- Ballinluig
- Bankfoot
- Blackford
- Blair Atholl
- Blairgowrie
- Bridge of Balgie
- Bridge of Earn
- Burrelton
- Clunie
- Comrie
- Coupar Angus
- Crieff
- Dull
- Dunkeld
- Dunning
- Errol
- Fearnan
- Finegand
- Forgandenny
- Forteviot
- Fortingall
- Glenfarg
- Glenshee
- Inchture
- Invergowrie
- Kenmore
- Killiecrankie
- Kingoodie
- Kinloch Rannoch
- Kinross
- Kinrossie
- Kirkmichael
- Lawers
- Leetown
- Logierait
- Luncarty
- Madderty
- Meigle
- Meikleour
- Methven
- Milnathort
- Muthill
- Perth
- Pitlochry
- Rattray
- Scone
- Scotlandwell
- Spittal of Glenshee
- Stanley
- St Fillans
- Trinafour
- Weem
[edit] Places of interest
- Atholl Country Collection
- Ben Lawers
- Blackhall Roman Camps
- Blair Atholl Mill
- Blair Castle
- Cairngorms National Park
- Castle Menzies
- Cluny House
- Drummond Castle
- Forest of Atholl
- Fortingall Yew
- Glen Lyon
- Grampian Mountains
- Loch Earn
- Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park
- Loch Rannoch
- Loch Tay
- Melville Monument
- Portmoak
- Rannoch Moor
- Strathearn
[edit] Council political composition
- Main article Perth and Kinross Council
| Party | Councillors | |
| Scottish National Party | 18 | |
| Conservative | 12 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 8 | |
| Labour | 3 |
[edit] External links
- Perth and Kinross Council
- Scottish Local Government areas and history
- The Perthshire Diary - 365 history stories
- Perth Scotland
- A Vision of Britain Through Time: A vision of Perth and Kinross
- Perth and Kinross at the Open Directory Project
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