Argyll an Bute
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Argyll an Bute (Scots Gaelic: Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd) is ane o the 32 council areas o Scotland an a lieutenancie area anaw. Its heidsteid is in Lochgilpheid.[1]
Argyll an Bute Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd' | |
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Admin HQ | Lochgilphead |
Govrenment | |
• Bodi | Argyll & Bute Cooncil |
• Control | Ind + Con + LD (cooncil NOC) |
• 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 haes the seicont-mukkilest area o onie ither Scots cooncil. Inhaudin ilands, thar is ower 3000 mile o coastlyn. It haes mairches wi the Hieland, Perth an Kinross, Stirlin an Wast Dunbartonshire cooncil areas. Its mairch rins throu Loch Lomond.
The cooncil area wis shapit in 1996, whan it wis cairv'd oot o the Strathclyde region. Argyll an Bute mellt thegither the existin Argyll an Bute destrik an ane ward o the Dumbarton destrik cried 'Helensburgh an Lomond'.
The latter senes o the 1963 James Bond film From Russia with Love war film'd aboot the lochs an hills o Argyll an Bute.[2]
The main ferrie operator in Argyll an Bute is Caledonian MacBrayne, includin services frae the mainland ti Bute, Gigha, Islay, Mull an Tiree. Dunoon based operator Western 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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