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Coupar Angus

Coordinates: 56°32′49″N 3°16′01″W / 56.547°N 3.267°W / 56.547; -3.267
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Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus's clock tower
Coupar Angus is located in Perth and Kinross
Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus
Location within Perth and Kinross
Population2,220 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNO222401
• Edinburgh41 mi (66 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLAIRGOWRIE
Postcode districtPH13
Dialling code01828
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
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56°32′49″N 3°16′01″W / 56.547°N 3.267°W / 56.547; -3.267

Coupar Angus (/ˈkʊpər/ ; Gaelic: Cùbar Aonghais) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 4 miles (6 kilometres) south of Blairgowrie.

The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and Perthshire, the town centre being in Perthshire. The Angus part was transferred to Perthshire in 1891, but the town retained its name.

It is located on the A94 Perth-Forfar road, although the town centre itself is now bypassed. Coupar Angus railway station previously served the town.

History

Coupar Angus Town Hall

The six-storey Tolbooth was built in 1762, funded by public subscription.[2]

In the Middle Ages the Cistercian Coupar Angus Abbey was one of Scotland's most important monasteries, founded by Malcolm IV (1153–65) in the 1160s. Of the abbey, only architectural fragments, preserved in the 19th-century parish church (which is probably on the site of the monastic church), or built into houses and walls throughout the town, survive, along with part of one of its gatehouses.[3]

Coupar Angus Town Hall was commissioned to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and completed in 1887.[4]

Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus during the Second World War.[5]

The Scottish Fold breed of cat originated in or near Coupar Angus.[6]

Sport

Coupar Angus is home to the junior football club Coupar Angus F.C. and also Coupar Angus Amateur Football Club.

Buses

Stagecoach East Scotland operate services 57/57A and 59 via Coupar Angus which go to Dundee, Blairgowrie and Perth. The services each run hourly.[7][8]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Coupar Angus, Queen Street, The Steeple". Canmore. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Coupar Angus". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  4. ^ Historic Environment Scotland. "Town Hall Including Boundary Walls, Union Street (LB51347)". Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  5. ^ POLONICA IN SCOTLAND: Coupar Angus
  6. ^ "Scottish Fold Profile - History, Appearance & Temperament - Cat World". www.cat-world.com.au. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  7. ^ Bus timetable - 57/57A
  8. ^ Bus timetable - 59
  9. ^ Bolton, G.C. (1966). "Clark, William Nairne (1804–1854)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 2 November 2018.