There are quite a number of people behind us - The Forestry Commission Scotland, Argyll and Bute Council, Scottish National Heritage and NHS Highlands. This is great for us - although we’re an independent charity, it means we have a wide range of experts advising us on the best way to help local people. It’s great for you too because it means that we’ll be acting in all of the right places. We hope you’ll get behind us too. For more information on how you can help please click here.
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Argyll and Bute's population of 89,200 is spread across the second largest local authority area in Scotland.
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Our area has the third sparsest population density of the 32 Scottish local authorities, with an average population density of just 0.13 persons per hectare.
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17% of Argyll and Bute’s population live on Islands.
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Forty-five percent of the population live in settlements of 3,000 or more people.
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80% of Argyll and Bute’s population live within one kilometre of the coast.
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Argyll and Bute has 25 inhabited islands, including Bute, Islay, Jura, Mull, Iona, Coll and Tiree, more than any other local authority in Scotland.
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Argyll is home to the longest freshwater body in Britain - Loch Awe which is 41 kilometres.
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An estimated 15% of jobs in Argyll and Bute are tourism-related. This compares to 9 per cent of Scottish jobs.
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Argyll and Bute covers a land area of 690,899 hectares and is the second largest local authority by area in Scotland, after Highland (Census 2001).
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Argyll and Bute covers almost 9% of the total Scottish land area (Census 2001).
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‘Remote rural’ areas account for over 96% of Argyll and Bute’s total land area (Scottish Government Urban-Rural Classification 2009-2010; 2001 Census).
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Argyll and Bute has more inhabited islands than Shetland. In fact, Argyll and Bute has more inhabited islands than any other Scottish Local Authority.
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25 islands within Argyll and Bute are inhabited.
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Around 55% of all passenger journeys made by ferry within Scotland start and / or finish in Argyll and Bute
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There are 1,617 miles of roads in Argyll and Bute.
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There are 14 railway stations in Argyll and Bute: Cardross; Craigendoran; Helensburgh Central; Helensburgh Upper; Garelochhead; Arrochar and Tarbet; Ardlui; Bridge of Orchy; Dalmally; Loch Awe; Falls of Cruachan; Taynuilt; Connel Ferry; Oban.
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Lochgilphead is the best place to work in Argyll!
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