Balbeggie
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| Coordinates | 56 ° 27 ′ N , 3 ° 21 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 782 (1991) (1991 census) | ||
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| Post town | PERTH | ||
| ZIP code section | PH2 | ||
| prefix | 01821 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Perth and Kinross | ||
| British Parliament | Perth and North Perthshire | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Perthshire North | ||
Balbeggie is a village in the Scottish Unitary Authority Perth and Kinross and the traditional Scottish county of Perthshire . It is located about seven kilometers northeast of Perth and about 21 km west of Dundee . In 1991 Balbeggie had 782 inhabitants, which means a significant increase in population. So in 1971 only 325 and 1961 and 284 people lived there.
At the end of the 19th century there was a Presbyterian church and a school for 120 students in Balbeggie. The latter was attended by an average of 68 students in 1879. Today Balbeggie is connected to the trunk road network via the A94 , which runs from Perth to Forfar . The closest towns along the road are Scone to the southwest and Coupar Angus to the northeast. Perth Airport is around 700 m to the southwest .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
- ↑ a b Blairgowrie. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 1: (A - Coru). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1882, p. 108 .
- ↑ Statistical data