Perthshire
Sign in to savePerthshire or the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland.
Key facts
- Historic subdivision.Name
- Perthshire
- Historic subdivision.subdivision_type
- Historic county
- Historic subdivision.HQ
- Perth (county town and administrative centre)
- Historic subdivision.Status
- Local government county (until 1975)Land registration county (1868–)
- Historic subdivision.Code
- PER
- Historic subdivision.CodeName
- Chapman code
- Historic subdivision.Replace
- Tayside Region
- Historic subdivision.Motto
- Pro Lege et Libertate('For Law and Liberty')
- Historic subdivision.Map
- 230pxPerthshire within Scotland
- Historic subdivision.Arms
- 230pxCoat of arms of the county council
- Historic subdivision.AreaLast
- (5th)
- Historic subdivision.AreaLastYear
- 1975
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- History
- Administrative history
- Coat of arms
- Burghs
- Civil parishes
- Districts
- Language
- Geography
- Rivers
- Lochs and Reservoirs
- Mountains
- Glens and straths
- Settlements
- Transport
- Parliamentary constituencies
- 1707–1885
- 1885–1918
- 1918–1975
- 1975–2005
- 2005-2024
- 2024-present
- Notable places
- Notable people
- Schools
- See also
- References
- Reference list
- Notes
- Sources
- External links
Perthshire or the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland.
Geographically Perthshire extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south; it borders the counties of Inverness-shire and Aberdeenshire to the north, Angus to the east, Fife, Kinross-shire, Clackmannanshire, Stirlingshire and Dunbartonshire to the south and Argyllshire to the west.