| Scottish Gaelic name | Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bòdach |
|---|---|
| Scots name | Buit[1] |
| Old Norse name | Bót[2] |
| Meaning of name | Uncertain |
| Location | |
  Isle of Bute Isle of Bute shown within Argyll and Bute | |
| OS grid reference | NS065651 |
| Coordinates | 55°49′26″N 05°06′39″W / 55.82389°N 5.11083°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Firth of Clyde |
| Area | 12,217 ha (47+1⁄8 sq mi)[3] |
| Area rank | 13 [4] |
| Highest elevation | Windy Hill, 278 m (912 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Argyll and Bute |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 6,498[5] |
| Population rank | 5[5] [4] |
| Population density | 53.19/km2 (137.8/sq mi)[3][5] |
| Largest settlement | Rothesay |
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| References | [6] |
The Isle of Bute[7] (Scots: Buit; Scottish Gaelic: Eilean Bhòid or An t-Eilean Bòdach), known as Bute (/bjuːt/), is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland, United Kingdom. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the Highland Boundary Fault.
Formerly a constituent island of the larger County of Bute, it is now part of the council area of Argyll and Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of just over 10% from the figure of 7,228 recorded in 2001[8] against a background of Scottish island populations as a whole growing by 4% to 103,702 for the same period.[9]
- ^ "Map of Scotland in Scots - Guide and gazetteer" (PDF).
- ^ Anderson, Joseph, ed. (1893), Orkneyinga Saga, translated by Hjaltalin, Jón A.; Goudie, Gilbert, translated for James Thin, Edinburgh: Mercat Press (published 1990), ISBN 978-0-901824-25-7
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 23.
- ^ a b Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
- ^ a b c National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ Haswell-Smith (2004) pp. 23–28
- ^ "Isle of Bute". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Scotland's 2011 census: Island living on the rise". BBC News. Retrieved 18 August 2013.