Coupar Angus (Coupar Angus)
Coupar Angus (Gaelic: Cùbar Aonghais) is a town in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 4 mi south of Blairgowrie.
The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and Perthshire, the town centre being in Perthshire. The Angus part was transferred to Perthshire in 1891, but the town retained its name.
It is located on the A94 Perth-Forfar road, although the town centre itself is now bypassed. Coupar Angus railway station previously served the town.
The six-storey Tolbooth was built in 1762, funded by public subscription.
In the Middle Ages the Cistercian Coupar Angus Abbey was one of Scotland's most important monasteries, founded by Malcolm IV (1153–65) in the 1160s. Of the abbey, only architectural fragments, preserved in the 19th-century parish church (which is probably on the site of the monastic church), or built into houses and walls throughout the town, survive, along with part of one of its gatehouses.
Coupar Angus Town Hall was commissioned to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and completed in 1887.
Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus during the Second World War.
The Scottish Fold breed of cat originated in or near Coupar Angus.
The name Coupar Angus serves to differentiate the town from Cupar, Fife. The town was traditionally on the border between Angus and Perthshire, the town centre being in Perthshire. The Angus part was transferred to Perthshire in 1891, but the town retained its name.
It is located on the A94 Perth-Forfar road, although the town centre itself is now bypassed. Coupar Angus railway station previously served the town.
The six-storey Tolbooth was built in 1762, funded by public subscription.
In the Middle Ages the Cistercian Coupar Angus Abbey was one of Scotland's most important monasteries, founded by Malcolm IV (1153–65) in the 1160s. Of the abbey, only architectural fragments, preserved in the 19th-century parish church (which is probably on the site of the monastic church), or built into houses and walls throughout the town, survive, along with part of one of its gatehouses.
Coupar Angus Town Hall was commissioned to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria and completed in 1887.
Several Polish units were stationed in and around Coupar Angus during the Second World War.
The Scottish Fold breed of cat originated in or near Coupar Angus.
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Currency / Language
ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
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GBP | Pound sterling | £ | 2 |
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EN | English language |
GD | Gaelic language |
CY | Welsh language |