Perth and Kinross

This article is about the Scottish local government area. For the former UK Parliamentary constituency abolished in 1997, see Perth and Kinross (UK Parliament constituency).

Perth and Kinross Pairth an Kinross Peairt agus Ceann Rois
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 5th
- Total	5,286 km2 (2,041 sq mi)
Admin HQ	Perth
ISO 3166-2	GB-PKN
ONS code	00RB
Demographics
Population	Ranked 13th
- Total (2005)	147,800
- Density	28 / km²
Politics
Perth & Kinross Council http://www.pkc.gov.uk/
Control	Scottish National Party/Liberal Democrat
MPs	Gordon Banks, Labour Peter Wishart, Scottish National Party
MSPs	Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish National Party John Swinney, Scottish National Party

Perth and Kinross (Scottish Gaelic: Peairt agus Ceann Rois) is one of 32 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.

Towns and villages

Abbots Deuglie Abernethy Aberfeldy Acharn Airntully Almondbank Alyth Amulree Auchlyne Auchterarder Balado Balbeggie Ballinluig Bankfoot Blackford Blair Atholl Blairgowrie Bridge of Balgie

Bridge of Cally Bridge of Earn Bridge of Tilt Burrelton Campmuir Clunie Comrie Coupar Angus Crieff Dull Dunkeld Dunning Errol Fearnan Finegand Forgandenny Forteviot Fortingall

Glencarse Glenfarg Glenshee Grandtully Inchture Invergowrie Kenmore Killiecrankie Kingoodie Kinloch Rannoch Kinross Kinrossie Kirkmichael Lawers Leetown Logierait Luncarty Madderty Meigle

Meikleour Methven Milnathort Moneydie Muthill Perth Pitcairngreen Pitlochry Rattray Redgorton Scone Scotlandwell Spittal of Glenshee Stanley St Fillans St Madoes Trinafour Waterloo Weem

Places of interest

• Atholl Country Collection
• Ben Lawers
• Blackhall Roman Camps
• Blair Atholl Mill
• Blair Castle
• Cairngorms National Park
• Castle Menzies
• Clan Donnachaidh Centre
• 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

Council political composition

Main article Perth and Kinross Council

	Party	Councillors
	Scottish National Party	18
	Conservative	12
	Liberal Democrat	8
	Labour	3

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