List of twin towns and sister cities in Scotland

Aberdeen

• Aberdeen

– :Bulawayo, Zimbabwe (1986)^[1]

– :Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France (1983)^[1][2]

– :Gomel, Belarus (1990) ^[1][3]

– :Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany (1955)^[4][5]

– :Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway (1990)^[1][6][7][8]

Aberdeenshire

• Aboyne

– :Martignas-sur-Jalle, France^[9]

• Ellon

– :Chievres, Belgium

• Fraserburgh

– :Bressuire, France ^[10][11]

• Inverurie

– :Bagneres-de-Bigorre, France (2016)^[12]

• Peterhead

– :Ålesund, Norway ^[13][14]

• Stonehaven

–  : Achères, Yvelines, France ^[15]

Angus

• Brechin

– :Josselin, Brittany, France^[16]

• Carnoustie

– :Maule, France (1992)^[16][17]

• Forfar

– :Chabanais, France (1992)^[16][18]

• Kirriemuir

– :Volvic, France (1976)^[16][19]

• Monifieth

– :Soyaux, France (1994)^[16]

• Letham

– :Léguillac-de-l'Auche, France

– :Monasterboice, Ireland (2000)^[20]

• Montrose

– :Luzarches, France (1994)^{[16][21][22][23]}

Argyll and Bute

• Campbeltown

– :Kümmersbruck, Bavaria, Germany^[24]

• Helensburgh

– :Thouars, France^{[16][25][26][27][28]}

• Oban

– :Laurinburg, North Carolina, United States^[29][30][31]

– :Gorey, Ireland^[29][30][32]

Dumfries & Galloway

• Dumfries

– :Gifhorn, Germany^[33][34]

– :Passau, Germany

– :Cantù, Italy^[35]

– :Annapolis, Maryland, United States^[36]

• Moffat

– :Montreuil-sur-Ille, France^[37]

Dundee

• Dundee

– :Orléans, France (1946)^[16][38]

– :Zadar, Croatia (1959)^[38]

– :Würzburg, Germany (1962)^[38]

– :Alexandria, Virginia, United States (1962)^[39][38]

– :Nablus, Palestine (1980)^[38][40]

– :Dubai, United Arab Emirates (2004)^[41]

– :West Dundee, Illinois, United States (2013)^[42]

East Ayrshire

• Cumnock and Doon Valley

– :Joue-les-Tours, Paris & Île-de-France, France (1989)^[16][43]

• Kilmarnock

– :Alès, Languedoc-Roussillon, France (1974)^[16][44]

– :Herstal, Wallonia, Belgium (1977)^[45]

– :Kulmbach, Bavaria, Germany (1948)^[46]

– :Santa Coloma de Gramenet, Catalonia, Spain (1994)^[47]

– :Sukhumi, Abkhazia, Georgia^[48]

East Dunbartonshire

• Bishopbriggs

– :Corbeil-Essonnes, France

– :Yoichi, Japan^[49]

East Lothian

• Dunbar

– :Kingston, Massachusetts, United States

– :Lignières, France (1994)^{[16][50][51][52]}

– :Martinez, California, United States (1981)^[52][53]

• Haddington

– :Aubigny-sur-Nère, France^[52][54]

• Musselburgh

– :Champigny-sur-Marne, France (1961)^[16][52][55]

– :Rosignano Marittimo, Italy^[52][55]

• North Berwick

– :Kerteminde, Denmark^[56]

• Prestonpans

– :Barga, Italy (2007)^{[52][57][58][59][60][61]}

Edinburgh

• Edinburgh

– :Aalborg, Denmark (1964)^[62]

– :Dunedin, New Zealand (1974)^[63]

– :Florence, Italy (1964)^[64]

– Munich, Germany (1954)^[65]

– :Nice, France (1958)^[16][66]

– :San Diego, California, United States (1977)^[67]

– :Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Falkirk

• Falkirk

– :Odenwald Region, Germany (1975)^[68][69]

– :Créteil, France (1978)^[69][70]

Fife

– Gansu, China (1989)^[71]

• Aberdour

– :Corte Franca, Italy (2004)^[71][72]

• Anstruther

– :Bapaume, France (1991)^[16][71][73]

• Burntisland

– :Flekkefjord, Norway (1946)^[71][74][75]

• Cowdenbeath

– :Barsbuttel, Germany

• Culross

– :Veere, Netherlands^[71][76]

• Cupar

– :Sainte-Menehould, Marne, France (2010)^[71][77][78]

• Dalgety Bay

– :Ócsa, Hungary

• Dunfermline

– :Wilhelmshaven, Germany (1979)^[71]

– :Vichy, France (1990)^[71]

– :Logroño, Spain (1990)^[71]

– :Trondheim, Norway^{[71][79][80][81]}

– :Albufeira, Portugal (1995)^[71]

– :Sarasota, Florida, United States (2001)^[71][82]

• Glenrothes

– :Böblingen, Germany (1971)^{[71][83][84][85][86]}

• Kirkcaldy

– :Ingolstadt, Germany (1962)^[71][87][88]

• Leven

– :Holzminden, Germany (1986)^[71]

– :Bruges, France (2016)^[89][90]

• Lower Largo

– :Robinson Crusoe Island, Chile (2004)^[71][91][92]

• Newport-on-Tay

– :Zolotarevo, Ukraine (2002)^[71]

• St Andrews

– :Loches, France^[71][93]

Glasgow

• Glasgow

– :Bethlehem, Palestine (2007)^[94][95]

– :Dalian, China (1997)^[95]

– :Havana, Cuba (2002)^[95][96]

– :Lahore, Pakistan (2006)^[95][97]

– :Marseille, France (2006)^[95][98]

– :Nuremberg, Germany (1985)^[95][99]

– :Rostov-on-Don, Russia (1986)^[95][100]

– :Turin, Italy (2003)^[95]

Highland

• Fort William

– :Dudley, England, United Kingdom^{[101][102][103]}

• Inverness

– :Augsburg, Germany^[104]

– :La Baule-Escoublac, France^[105]

– :Saint-Valery-en-Caux, France^[106]

• Thurso

– :Brilon, Germany^[107]

Midlothian

• Bonnyrigg and Lasswade

– :Saint-Cyr-l'École, Yvelines, France (1962)^[16][110]

• Dalkeith

– :Jarnac, Charente, France^{[16][111][112]}

• Penicuik

– :L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, Vaucluse, France^{[16][113][114]}

Morayshire

• Elgin

– :Landshut, Germany (1956)^{[115][116][117]}

• Fochabers

– :Magnac-sur-Touvre, France (1993)^[16]

• Forres

– :Vienenburg, Germany^[118]

– :Mount Dora, Florida, United States^[119]

• Keith

– :Kronach, Germany^[120][121]

• Lossiemouth

– :Hersbruck, Germany^[120]

North Ayrshire

• Irvine

– :Voisins-le-Bretonneux, France (2005)^{[122][123][124]}

• Largs

– :Andernos-les-Bains, France (2009)^[123][125]

North Lanarkshire

• Airdrie

– :Airdrie, Canada^[126]

– :Salzburg, Austria

– :Port Stanley, Falkland Islands^[127]

– :Arnhem, Netherlands

• Coatbridge

– :Saint-Denis, France^[128][129]

– :Gatchina, Russia

– :Campi Bisenzio, Italy

• Cumbernauld

– :Bron, France (1974)^[16][130]

• Kilsyth

– :Meulan-en-Yvelines, France (1969)^[16][131]

• Motherwell

– :Schweinfurt, Germany (1962)^[132][133]

• Stepps and Cardowan

– :Les Marches, France^[134]

Orkney

• Orkney Isles

– :Hordaland, Norway^[135][136]

Outer Hebrides

• Stornoway

– :Pendleton, South Carolina, United States^[137][138]

Perth and Kinross

• Abernethy

– :Grisy-Suisnes, France (1989)^[16][139]

• Blairgowrie

– :Fergus, Ontario, Canada^[139]

– :Pleasanton, California, United States^[139]

• Comrie

– :Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada^[140]

• Dull

– :Boring, Oregon, United States^{[141][142][143]}

• Errol

– :Mardié, France^[139]

• Kinross

– :Gacé, France (1975)^[16][144]

• Perth

– :Aschaffenburg, Germany (1956)^[139][145]

– :Cognac, France (1991)^{[16][139][146][147]}

– :Bydgoszcz, Poland (1998)^[139]

– :Haikou, China^[139]

– :Pskov, Russia^[139]

– :Perth, Ontario, Canada^[139][148]

– :Perth, Australia^[139]

• Pitlochry

– :Confolens, France^[139]

Renfrewshire

• Greenock

– :Coatesville, Pennsylvania, United States

• Kilmacolm

– :Mérignies, France^{[149][150][151][152]}

• Paisley

– :Fürth, Germany^{[153][154][155]}

– :Gladsaxe, Denmark^[156]

Scottish Borders

• Coldstream

– :Bennecourt, Yvelines, France (1990)^{[16][157][158]}

• Duns

– :Żagań, Lubuskie, Poland^{[158][159][160][161]}

• Earlston

– :Cappella Maggiore, Italy^[158][162]

• Eyemouth

– :Marle, Aisne, France (1992)^[16][158]

• Hawick

– :Bailleul, Nord, France (1973)^{[16][158][163][164]}

• Innerleithen

– :Le Nouvion-en-Thiérache, Aisne, France (1991)^[16][158]

• Jedburgh

– :Malestroit, Brittany, France (1994)^{[16][158][165]}

• Kelso

– :Kelso, Washington, United States^[166][167]

– :Orchies, France (1986)^[16][158]

• Peebles

– :Hendaye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France (1997)^{[16][158][168][169]}

• Selkirk

– :Plattling, Bayern, Germany ^{[158][170][171][172][173]}

Shetland

• Lerwick

– :Måløy, Norway^{[174][175][176]}

South Ayrshire

• Ayr

– :Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France (1984)^{[16][177][178]}

• Girvan

– :Torcy, Seine-et-Marne, France (1988)^{[16][179][180]}

• Maybole

– :Belœil, Belgium^[181]

– :Arco, Italy

– :Crosne, France (1982)^{[16][182][183] [184]}

– :Rymarov, Czech Republic^[184]

– :Schotten, Germany^[181][184]

• Prestwick

– :Lichtenfels, Bavaria, Germany^[185]

– :Vandalia, Ohio, United States^[186]

– :Ariccia, Italy^[187]

• Troon

– :Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France (1986)^[16][188]

South Lanarkshire

• Bothwell

– :Jouy-en-Josas, France^{[16][189][190]}

• East Kilbride

– :Ballerup, Denmark (1965)^[191][192]

• Hamilton

– :Châtellerault, France (1994)^{[16][193][194]}

• Lanark

– :Yvetot, France (1975)^{[16][195][196]}

• Larkhall

– :Seclin, France (1994)^{[16][197][198]}

• Lesmahagow

– :Hemmingen, Germany (1975)^{[199][200][201]}

– :Yvetot, France (1975)^[198][200]

Stirlingshire

• Stirling

– :Dunedin, Florida, United States^[202]

– :Óbuda, Hungary^[203]

– :Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada^[202]

– :Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France (1984)^[16][204]

West Dunbartonshire

• Clydebank

– :Argenteuil, France (1973)^[16][205]

West Lothian

• Linlithgow

– :Guyancourt, France (1988)^[16][206]

• Livingston

– :Hochsauerlandkreis, Germany (1972)^[207]

– :Grapevine, Texas, United States^[208]

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