Oban
Oban is a resort town within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. Regardless of its small size, it is the biggest community in between Helensburgh and Fort William. Throughout the visitor season, the community can play host to approximately 25,000 people. Oban inhabits a setting in the Firth of Lorn. The bay is a close to excellent horseshoe, shielded by the island of Kerrera; and also past Kerrera, the Isle of Mull. To the north is the lengthy reduced island of Lismore and also the hills of Morvern and Ardgour. Laurinburg, North Carolina (United States) ended up being a sister city to Oban in 1993. The initial arrangement was between Scotland Region, North Carolina, and also Argyll & Bute Area Council. Complying with reorganisation in 1995, the agreement was confirmed by Argyll & Bute Council in 1997. In 1997 Oban was likewise twinned with Gorey, Region Wexford, in Ireland. Additionally twinned with Sarajevo. The local society is Gaelic. In 2011, 8.2% of the community's population over age 3 might talk Gaelic and also 11.3% had some facility in the language. [10] Oban is thought about the house of the Royal National Mòd, given that it was first held there in 1892, with ten rivals on a Saturday mid-day. The town held the centenary Mod in 1992 (the year it became Royal) and also in 2003 the 100th Mod, the two occasions attracting hundreds of rivals and visitors (the 100th Mod was behind the centenary because it was not kept in the war years). The Mod is held in Oban approximately every 6-- 8 years, and also has actually last been kept in October 2015.