Kinross-shire

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Kinross-shire
United Kingdom
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Kinross-shire
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Area: 73 square miles
Population: Template:Hcspop
County town: Kinross
County flower: Holy-grass [1]

The County of Kinross is a shire lying between Perthshire and Fife, on Loch Leven. Kinross-shire is the second-smallest county in Britain after its neighbour, Clackmannanshire.

Geography

The county is dominated by Loch Leven, a large inland loch with two islands and home to an internationally-important nature reserve. One of the islands contains the castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was once held prisoner. Much of the land in Kinross–shire is fertile agricultural land and most of the inhabitants were originally employed on the land. The gently-rolling farmland surrounding Loch Leven gives way to steep, more rugged terrain.

Towns and villages

Parishes

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