Coupar Angus

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Coupar Angus
Scottish Gaelic Cùbar Aonghais
Street in Coupar Angus
Street in Coupar Angus
Coordinates 56 ° 33 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 56 ° 33 ′  N , 3 ° 16 ′  W
Coupar Angus (Scotland)
Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus
Residents 2262 2011 census
administration
Post town BLAIRGOWRIE
ZIP code section PH13
prefix 01828
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Perth and Kinross
British Parliament Perth and North Perthshire
Scottish Parliament Perthshire North

Coupar Angus ( Gaelic : Cùbar Aonghais ) is a village in the Scottish Council Area Perth and Kinross and the traditional Scottish county of Perthshire . It is located about 20 km northeast of Perth and about 19 km northwest of Dundee . In 2011 Coupar Angus had 2262 inhabitants. This means that the number of inhabitants has fluctuated around the 2000 inhabitant mark since 1861 with 1943 inhabitants.

history

Near present-day Coupar Angus of the 12th century was in the middle of King Malcolm IV. , A monastery of Cistercian founded. The developing village of Coupar Angus was located on a stream that flows into the Isla a few hundred meters north . This formed the border between the counties of Angus and Perthshire. Since the older part of the village was on the east bank, and thus belonged to Angus, the village got its current name. A customs office was set up there in 1702 for the movement of goods. Later it came completely to the county of Perthshire as a result of a border shift and finally to today's Council Area Perth and Kinross. In the 18th century the textile industry developed in Coupar Angus. In the 19th century, Coupar Angus was named a market town.

traffic

Coupar Angus is just off the A94 that connects Perth to Forfar . This street was established during the 19th century and helped revitalize the town. In Coupar Angus the A94 crosses the A923, which leads from Dunkeld via Blairgowrie and Rattray to Dundee. At the same time, a railway line was set up by Coupar Angus, which has since been discontinued. The nearest airport is Perth Airport, 14 km southwest .

  • Ruins of the monastery

  • Remains of the railway bridge over the Isla

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of Gaelic expressions
  2. ↑ a b c Coupar Angus. Perth and Kinross. In: David Munro, Bruce Gittings: Scotland. An Encyclopedia of Places & Landscapes. Collins et al., Glasgow 2006, ISBN 0-00-472466-6 .
  3. ↑ Statistical data
  4. ↑ 2011 census
  5. ^ Coupar Angus. In: Francis H. Groome: Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Statistical, Biographical and Historical. Volume 2: (Cor - Edn). Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, Edinburgh et al. 1884, pp. 289-290 .

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