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The city of Stirling has the smallest population amongst Scotland's cities, with an estimated population of just over 37,000 inhabitants. In total, Scotland consists of eight cities, with multiple larger towns, the largest town being Paisley. The section "Localities" contains a list of basic populated areas ordered by population.
James VI's Golden Charter to Perth in 1600 referred to it as a "free city and regal and royal burgh". [26] It was officially the second city of Scotland until 1975 when city status was removed when local government was reorganised. It regained the status in 2012. [27] Dunfermline was also made a royal burgh in ~1124 by David I of Scotland. [4]
Scottish municipalities have existed in the form of burgh, royal burgh, cities and, currently most common, local councils. Between 1855 and 1975, valuation rolls in Scotland were divided into counties and burghs. A burgh was a Scottish town which had certain privileges conferred by a charter and had a town council to run its affairs.
The land area of Scotland is 30,090 square miles (77,900 km 2), 32% of the area of the United Kingdom (UK). The mainland of Scotland has 6,160 miles (9,910 km) of coastline. The morphology of Scotland was formed by the action of tectonic plates, and subsequent erosion arising from glaciation.
Scotland cities post-2000 area and population figures are taken from the Scotland Census site and settlement size used as local government areas there are not required to hold the city designation for their full area "Department for Culture Media and Sport - civic honours competitions". old.culture.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2016-04-28
Other concentrations of population include the northeast coast of Scotland, principally the regions around the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness, and the west coast around the town of Ayr. The Scottish Highlands and the island group of Eilean Siar have the lowest population densities at 9/km 2 (23/sq mi).
City/municipality Municipality status Country Total area (km 2) Population Population density (per km 2) Sermersooq [1] Municipality Greenland: 575,300 24,148 0.04 Avannaata [1] Municipality Greenland: 522,700 10,920 0.02 Nagqu [2] Prefecture-level City China: 353,010 504,838 1 Hulunbuir [3] Prefecture-level City China: 234,545 2,242,875 10 ...
This list of places in Scotland is a complete collection of lists of places in Scotland. List of burghs in Scotland; List of census localities in Scotland;