Coordinates:56°06′N5°30′W / 56.1°N 5.5°W /56.1; -5.5
Argyll an Bute Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd' | |
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 Coat airms | |
| Admin HQ | Lochgilphead |
| Govrenment | |
| • Bodi | Argyll & Bute Cooncil |
| • Control | Ind +Con +LD (cooncilNOC) |
| • MPs | |
| • MSPs | |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,908 km2 (2,667 sq mi) |
| Area rank | Ranked 2nd |
| Population (mid-2016 est.) | |
| • Total | 87,100 |
| • Rank | Rankit 27th |
| • Density | 12/km2 (30/sq mi) |
| ONS code | S12000035 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-AGB |
| Website | http://www.argyll-bute.gov.uk/ |
Argyll an Bute (Scots Gaelic:Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd) is ane o the 32council areas oScotland an a lieutenancie area anaw. Its heidsteid is inLochgilpheid.[1]
Argyll an Bute haes the seicont-mukkilest area o onie ither Scots cooncil. Inhaudin ilands, thar is ower 3000 mile o coastlyn. It haes mairches wi theHieland,Perth an Kinross,Stirlin anWast Dunbartonshire cooncil areas. Its mairch rins throuLoch Lomond.
The cooncil area wis shapit in 1996, whan it wis cairv'd oot o theStrathclyde region. Argyll an Bute mellt thegither the existin Argyll an Bute destrik an aneward o theDumbarton destrik cried 'Helensburgh an Lomond'.
The latter senes o the 1963James Bond filmFrom Russia with Love war film'd aboot thelochs an hills o Argyll an Bute.[2]
The main ferrie operator in Argyll an Bute isCaledonian MacBrayne, includin services frae the mainland ti Bute, Gigha, Islay, Mull an Tiree. Dunoon based operatorWestern Ferries ply the bisy Dunoon ti Gourock route in competeetion wi Caledonian MacBrayne.
Argyll an Bute Cooncil operates its ain ferries on the follaein routes:
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