Perth and Kinross
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water | Ranked 5th 5,286 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Perth |
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| ONS code | 00RB |
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| Perth & Kinross Council http://www.pkc.gov.uk/ | |
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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, City of Dundee, 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 reconsituted as a unitary authorty (with a minor boundary adjustment) in 1996, by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.
Towns and villages
- Aberfeldy
- Acharn
- Alyth
- Auchterarder
- Ballinluig
- Blackford
- Blairgowrie
- Bridge of Balgie
- Comrie
- Coupar Angus
- Crieff
- Dunkeld
- Finegand
- Fearnan
- Fortingall
- Glenshee
- Kenmore
- Killiecrankie
- Kinloch Rannoch
- Kinross
- Lawers
- Methven
- Perth
- Pitlochry
- Rattray
- Spittal of Glenshee
- Weem
Places of interest
- Atholl Country Collection
- Ben Lawers
- Blackhall Roman Camps
- Blair Atholl Mill
- Blair Castle
- Castle Menzies
- Cluny House
- Drummond Castle
- Forest of Atholl
- Fortingall Yew
- Glen Lyon
- Grampian Mountains
- Loch Earn
- Loch Rannoch
- Loch Tay
- Melville Monument
- Rannoch Moor
Council political composition
- Scottish National Party - 15
- Conservative - 10
- Liberal Democrats - 9
- Labour - 5
- Independent - 2
External links
- [Scottish Local Government areas and history]
- [The Perthshire Diary - 365 history stories]
- [Perth Scotland]
| Council areas of Scotland |
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| Subdivisions created by the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 Aberdeen | Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyll and Bute | Clackmannanshire | Dumfries and Galloway | Dundee | East Ayrshire | East Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | East Renfrewshire | na h-Eileanan Siar (Western Isles) | Edinburgh | Falkirk | Fife | Glasgow | Highland | Inverclyde | Midlothian | Moray | North Ayrshire | North Lanarkshire | Orkney | Perth and Kinross | Renfrewshire | Scottish Borders | Shetland | South Ayrshire | South Lanarkshire | Stirling | West Dunbartonshire | West Lothian | |
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