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In 2002 it became a city. [25] Perth was made a royal burgh by David I of Scotland in ~1124. [4] 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.
Paisley is the fifth most populous locality in Scotland, and the largest town by population. Stirling has the smallest population of Scotland's cities. Kilmarnock is the 14th most populous locality in Scotland, and the largest in East Ayrshire. Edinburgh, the capital city, is the second largest locality and settlement by population.
The current land registration system in Scotland divides Scotland into 33 Registration Counties, [6] each coming into effect on various dates between 1981 and 2003. These areas in most cases resemble those of the pre-1975 administrative counties with Glasgow being the only current city to form a registration county.
This ultimately ended the status of burghs, and all governance and political duties was subsumed into the local council. Each council area has an administrative centre, generally the largest town or city within the area. Historically, Scotland was divided into 34 counties or shires. Although these no longer have any administrative function ...
The individual counties and county councils continued to exist in these areas, but a joint county council became the principal local authority. [12] Following the changes, which came into effect in 1930, the following were the local government areas into which Scotland was divided: [12] The four counties of cities; 29 counties; 2 combined counties
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This is a list of counties of Scotland created by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 and abolished in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973. The list includes the county town, area, and population density.
Area Population density; Ardrishaig: 1283 76 16.9 Bowmore: 862 49 17.6 Campbeltown: 5144 227 22.7 Cardross: 1925 74 26.0 Dunbeg: 730 22 33.2 Dunoon (1) 8251 362 22.8 Garelochhead: 1265 56 22.6 Helensburgh (2) 14,626 497 29.4 Innellan: 1188 169 7.0 Kilcreggan: 1414 175 8.1 Lochgilphead: 2326 181 12.9 Oban: 8120 1662 4.9 Port Bannatyne: 1354 58 ...