Argyll and Bute

Argyll and Bute Earra-Ghaidheal agus Bòd (Scottish Gaelic) Argyll an Buit (Scots)
Council area
Coat of arms
Argyll and Bute shown within Scotland
Coordinates: 56°06′N 5°30′W / 56.1°N 5.5°W / 56.1; -5.5
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Scotland
Lieutenancy area	Argyll and Bute Dunbartonshire (part)
Unitary authority	1 April 1996
Administrative HQ	Kilmory Castle
Government [1]
• Type	Council
• Body	Argyll and Bute Council
• Control	No overall control
• MPs	Brendan O'Hara (SNP)
• MSPs	2 MSPs Jenni Minto (SNP) Jackie Baillie (L)
Area [2]
• Total	2,667 sq mi (6,907 km2)
• Rank	2nd
Population  (2022)[2]
• Total	87,920
• Rank	27th
• Density	30/sq mi (13/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ISO 3166 code	GB-AGB
GSS code	S12000035
Website	argyll-bute.gov.uk

Argyll and Bute (Scots: Argyll an Buit; Scottish Gaelic: Earra-Ghàidheal agus Bòd, pronounced [ɛrˠəˈɣɛːəlˠ̪ akəs̪ ˈpɔːtʲ]) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area. The current lord-lieutenant for Argyll and Bute is Jane Margaret MacLeod (14 July 2020).^[3] 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 Jim Lynch.^[4]

Argyll and Bute covers the second-largest administrative area of any Scottish council. The council area adjoins those of Highland, Perth and Kinross, Stirling and West Dunbartonshire.