Lochgilpheid

Lochgilpheid
Scots Gaelic: *Ceann Loch Gilb*
Lochgilpheid Scots Gaelic: Ceann Loch Gilb;
	; Lochgilphead
	Lochgilpheid Location within Argyll an Bute
Population	2,300
OS grid reference	NR 86284 88138
Cooncil area	Argyll an Bute;
Lieutenancy area	Argyll an Bute;
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	Lochgilphead
Postcode destrict	* PA30 * PA31 *
Diallin code	01546
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Argyll and Bute;
Scots Pairlament	Argyll and Bute;
	Leet o places UK Scotland 56°02′18″N 5°25′56″W / 56.038292°N 5.4323450°WCoordinates: 56°02′18″N 5°25′56″W / 56.038292°N 5.4323450°W

Lochgilpheid /lɒxˈɡɪlp.hɛd/ (Scots Gaelic: Ceann Loch Gilb [kʲʰan̪ˠ lˠ̪ɔx ˈkʲilip]) is a toun an umwhile burgh in Argyll an Bute, Wast o Scotland, wi a population o aroond 2,300 fowk.^[1] It is the admeenistrative centre o Argyll an Bute. The veelage lees at the end o Loch Gilp (a branch o Loch Fyne) an lees on the banks o the Crinan Canal. Lochgilphead sits on the A83 road, wi Ardrishaig 2 miles tae the sooth an Inverara 24 miles tae the north-east; Oban lees 37 miles north on the A816.

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↑ "Comparative Population Profile: Lochgilphead Locality". Scotland's Census Results On-Line. Archived frae the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 31 Mairch 2013. Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (help)