Perth and Kinross - Definition and Overview

Perth and Kinross
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 5th 5,286 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Perth
ISO 3166-2:	GB-PKN
ONS code:	00RB
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 15th 134,949 26 / km²
Politics
Perth & Kinross Council http://www.pkc.gov.uk
Control:
MPs:	Annabelle Ewing Martin O'Neill Michael Weir Peter Wishart

Perth and Kinross is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto Clackmannanshire, Stirling, Fife, City of Dundee, Highland and Angus. Perth is the administrative centre. It corresponds broadly to the traditional counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire.

Towns and villages

• Aberfeldy
• Alyth
• Auchterarder
• Blairgowrie
• Bridge of Balgie
• Comrie
• Coupar Angus
• Crieff
• Dunkeld
• Glenshee
• Killiecrankie
• Pitlochry
• Rattray
• Spittal of Glenshee

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
• Grampian Mountains
• Loch Earn
• Loch Rannoch
• Loch Tay
• Melville Monument
• Rannoch Moor

See also Perthshire.

External links

• Scottish Local Government areas and history (http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/localgovt.html)
• The Perthshire Diary - 365 history stories (http://www.perthshirediary.com)

Scotland | Council Areas of Scotland

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