Oban
Oban is a resort community within the Argyll and Bute council area of Scotland. In spite of its small size, it is the biggest community between Helensburgh and also Fort William. Throughout the vacationer period, the community can play host to as much as 25,000 people. Oban inhabits a setup in the Firth of Lorn. The bay is a close to perfect horseshoe, safeguarded by the island of Kerrera; as well as 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) came to be a sister city to Oban in 1993. The preliminary agreement was in between Scotland Region, North Carolina, and also Argyll & Bute District Council. Complying with reorganisation in 1995, the arrangement was confirmed by Argyll & Bute Council in 1997. In 1997 Oban was additionally twinned with Gorey, Region Wexford, in Ireland. Additionally twinned with Sarajevo. The regional society is Gaelic. In 2011, 8.2% of the town's population over age 3 might speak Gaelic and also 11.3% had some facility in the language. [10] Oban is considered the house of the Royal National Mòd, given that it was first held there in 1892, with 10 rivals on a Saturday mid-day. The town held the centenary Mod in 1992 (the year it came to be Royal) and in 2003 the 100th Mod, the two events drawing in hundreds of competitors and also visitors (the 100th Mod was later than the centenary due to the fact that it was not held in the war years). The Mod is held in Oban approximately every 6-- 8 years, and has last been held in October 2015.