Coupar Angus

Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus's clock tower
Coupar Angus is located in Perth and Kinross
Coupar Angus
Coupar Angus
Location within Perth and Kinross
Population2,220 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNO222401
• Edinburgh41 mi (66 km)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBLAIRGOWRIE
Postcode districtPH13
Dialling code01828
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°32′49″N 3°16′01″W / 56.547°N 3.267°W / 56.547; -3.267

Coupar Angus (/ˈkʊpər/ ⓘ; Gaelic: Cupar Aonghais)[2] is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland. It lies on the River Isla in the broad and fertile Valley of Strathmore, 4 miles (6 kilometres) south of Blairgowrie. The A94 road from Perth to Forfar runs through the town, and it had a station on the Midland Junction line until 1967.

The town formerly straddled the border between Angus and Perthshire, but it has lain wholly within Perthshire since 1891.[3] It retains the name "Coupar Angus", however, which serves to distinguish it from Cupar in Fife.[4]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Coupar Angus". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ Shennan, Hay (1892). Boundaries of Counties and Parishes in Scotland. Edinburgh: William Green & Sons. p. 202.
  4. ^ Mills, A. D. (2011). "Coupar Angus". A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191739446.