Scottish Cities.. Large, Historical and Small

Scottish Cities.. Large, Historical and Small

In Scotland we have "few" cities. Well that's by the English estimation, which I *do* admit is by the millions or so. For them it makes sense.. for us Scots however, this will, imho, never make sense.

I often thought about how we have no 'City' or Cities on the northwest coast and I personally would like to see a reclassification of our communities.

Current Terms are:
Dwelling
Croft
Hamlet
Villiage
Town
City

Stirling is called a 'Historic City' which I like immensely.
I would like to see more classifications such as:

'Capital'
Like Dumbarton is the Tradition Capital of Strathclyde, or Stornoway is the Traditional Capital of the Hebrides, then Lerwick marked a Capital of Shetland..

I'm from Dumbarton, and while we have a small-ish population we cover much land, it's bigger than a traditional Scottish town, but smaller than a city.

I would also like to see.. Oban become a classed as a 'Small City' or 'Micro-City'. I'm not sure what the term might be.. but something flattering :)

I saw a movie once that included a place called Reno.. Reno's motto is something like; The Biggest Little City in the World'.. I often think this about Oban, for the North West it's a decent size.. I feel guilty while writing as many would recommend Fort William, but I don't know Fort William that well.. having only ever stopped there in a car park once. I've been to Oban a couple of times and loved it there.. even wishing I had loads of money so I could move there. It's beautiful.

Moving down to the South West, Kilmarnock could also have an increase of status.. I'm not 100% sure what that should be.. probably a City.

These are thoughts I have had for a very long time.. and it's just good to get them out of my heart and out to the WWW.

Dava









1 Glasgow         599,650 City         Glasgow City
2 Edinburgh 464,990 City         City of Edinburgh
3 Aberdeen 196,670 City         Aberdeen City
4 Dundee         147,710 City         Dundee City
5 Paisley         76,220 Town Renfrewshire
6 East Kilbride 74,740 Town South Lanarkshire
7 Livingston 56,570 Town West Lothian
8 Hamilton         53,200     Town South Lanarkshire
9 Cumbernauld 51,610 Town North Lanarkshire
10 Dunfermline 50,380 Town Fife
11 Kirkcaldy 49,460 Town Fife
12 Ayr                 47,190     Town       South Ayrshire
13 Perth         47,180     City  Perth and Kinross
14 Inverness         46,870     City         Highland
15 Kilmarnock 46,350 Town East Ayrshire
16 Coatbridge 43,970 Town North Lanarkshire
17 Greenock 43,690 Town Inverclyde
18 Glenrothes 39,100 Town Fife
19 Airdrie 37,130 Town North Lanarkshire
20 Stirling 36,440 City Stirling
21 Falkirk 35,310 Town Falkirk
22 Irvine 33,740 Town North Ayrshire
23 Dumfries 33,280 Town Dumfries and Galloway
24 Motherwell 32,120 Town North Lanarkshire
25 Rutherglen 31,180 Town South Lanarkshire
26 Wishaw 30,510 Town North Lanarkshire
27 Cambuslang 27,610 Town South Lanarkshire
28 Bearsden 27,340 Town East Dunbartonshire
29 Clydebank 26,640 Town West Dunbartonshire
30 Newton Mearns 24,650 Town East Renfrewshire
31 Arbroath 23,640 Town Angus
32 Musselburgh 23,620 Town East Lothian
33 Bishopbriggs 23,430 Town East Dunbartonshire
34 Elgin 22,980 Town[3] Moray
35 Renfrew 22,010 Town Renfrewshire
36 Bathgate 21,070 Town West Lothian
37 Bellshill 20,650 Town North Lanarkshire
38 Alloa 20,390 Town Clackmannanshire
39 Dumbarton 19,950 Town West Dunbartonshire
40 Kirkintilloch 19,630 Town East Dunbartonshire
41 Peterhead 18,450 Town Aberdeenshire
42 Barrhead 17,620 Town East Renfrewshire
43 Grangemouth 17,280 Town Falkirk
44 Blantyre 17,090 Town South Lanarkshire
45 St Andrews 16,800 Town Fife
46 Kilwinning 16,420 Town North Ayrshire
47 Johnstone 16,390 Town Renfrewshire
48 Bonnyrigg 16,360 Town Midlothian
49 Penicuik 16,110 Town Midlothian
50 Viewpark 16,020 Area North Lanarkshire
51 Erskine 15,530 Town Renfrewshire
52 Broxburn 15,360 Town West Lothian
53 Port Glasgow 15,190 Town Inverclyde
54 Larkhall 15,020 Town South Lanarkshire