County of Bute

This article is about the county in Scotland. For the county in the United States, see Bute County, North Carolina.
"Buteshire" redirects here. For the Parliament of Scotland constituency, see Buteshire (Parliament of Scotland constituency). For the UK Parliament constituency, see Buteshire (UK Parliament constituency).

Bute
Siorrachd Bhòid (Scottish Gaelic)
Historic county
CountryScotland
County townRothesay
Area
 • Total
225 sq mi (583 km2)
 Ranked 30th of 34
Chapman code
BUT

The County of Bute (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Bhòid), also known as Buteshire,[1] is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. Now replaced by Argyll and Bute for the Isle of Bute, with the Argyll and Bute Council. The Isle of Arran and The Cumbraes are now in North Ayrshire Council area. Since the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, on the 1 April 1996.[2]

The former County of Bute comprised a number of islands in the Firth of Clyde, between the counties of Argyll and Ayrshire, the principal islands being Bute, Arran, Great Cumbrae and Little Cumbrae. The county town is Rothesay, located on the Isle of Bute. The County of Bute had its own elected county council from 1890 to 1975.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911), "Bute" , Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 4 (11th ed.), Cambridge University Press, p. 879
  2. ^ "Land Register Counties", Leaflets, Registers of Scotland, archived from the original on 2 February 2010