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 Scottish Gaelic: Peairt Scots: Pairth St John's Toun (old name) The Fair City (nickname)
Perth city centre, October 2009
Coat of arms
Population	44,820
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	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Ochil and South Perthshire Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish Parliament	Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Mid Scotland and Fife
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For other places named Perth, see Perth (disambiguation).

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.

Notes

1. "Population of Perth, 2001 census". scrol.co.uk. Archived 2009-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-03-16.
2. 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