Place:Argyll and Bute (council area), Scotland

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NameArgyll and Bute (council area)
Alt namesEarra-Ghaidheal agus Bòdsource: Wikipedia
TypeUnitary authority
Coordinates56.167°N 5.167°W
Located inScotland     (1996 - )
See alsoBute, Scotlandisland included in Argyll and Bute
Argyll, Scotlandtraditional county making up part of Argyll and Bute prior to 1975
Strathclyde, Scotlandregional authority 1975-1996
Contained Places
General region
Cowal
Knapdale
Inhabited place
Tobermory ( - 1975 )
Island
Isle of Islay
Q.s. parish
Tobermory ( - 1975 )
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Argyll and Bute is one of 32 unitary authority council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current Lord-Lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020). The administrative centre for the council area is in Lochgilphead at Kilmory Castle, a 19th-century Gothic Revival building and estate. The current Council leader is Councillor Robin Currie, a councillor for Kintyre and the Islands.

The remainder of the former County of Bute, the islands of Arran and Cumbrae, becamse part of the North Ayrshire Council Area in 1996.

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