0 a council area (= an area with its own local government) in western Scotland:
Argyll and Bute has a population of 90,000 and a coastline longer than France's.
Arran has been left out of the new Argyll and Bute district in the latest county boundary shake-up.
A feasibility study to build a bridge between the two islands has been commissioned by Argyll and Bute Council.
An event at Inverary Castle in Argyll and Bute is to be called Connect.
