List of twin towns and sister cities in Scotland

Ŋɔ nyɛla yaɣishɛŋa din be tinŋgbani yaɣili booni Scotland , din nyɛ din mali bɛhigu bee zosinli ni taba ni tingbani shɛŋa. Saha shɛŋa, lala laɣinsi ŋɔ, di bahibahindi local gomdanti ni ti dihi nuhi gbana shɛŋa zuɣu, nyɛla bɛ ni mi shɛli silimiingi zilinli zuɣu ni "town twinning" (din tooi yu ka di too zooi Europe tingbanni ) be bɛ lahi mil'la ni "sister cities" (ka di mi tooi zoogi duniya yaangi zuɣu)

Sign in Carnoustie with its twin town
Map of Scotland

Aberdeen[1]

Aberdour[2]

Abernethy[3]

Aboyne[4]

Airdrie[5]

Angus[6][7]

Annan[8]

Anstruther[2]

Argyll and Bute[9]

Ayr[10]

Birnam[11]

Blairgowrie and Rattray[3]

Bonnyrigg[12]

Bothwell[13]

Burntisland[2]

Carnoustie[14]

Clackmannanshire[15]

Coatbridge[16]

Coldstream[17]

Comrie[3]

Crieff[18]

Cumbernauld[19]

Dalgety Bay and Hillend[20]

Dalkeith[21]

Danderhall[22]

Dull[23]

Dumfries[24][25]

Dunbar[26]

Dundee[27]

Dunfermline[2]

Dunkeld[11]

Duns[28]

Earlston[29]

East Ayrshire[30]

East Dunbartonshire[31][32]

East Kilbride[33]

East Lothian[26]

East Renfrewshire[34]

Edinburgh[35][36]

Edzell[37]

Elgin[38]

Ellon[39]

Embo[40]

Errol[3]

Eyemouth[41]

Falkirk[42]

Fochabers[38]

Fife[2]

Forfar[44]

Forres[45][46]

Fort William[47]

Fraserburgh[48]

Girvan[10]

Glasgow[49]

Glenrothes[2]

Grangemouth[50]

Haddington[26]

Hamilton[51]

Hawick[52]

Helensburgh[53]

Innerleithen[54]

Inverness[55]

Inverurie[56]

Irvine[57]

Jedburgh[58]

Kelso[59][60]

Kilmacolm[61]

Kilmarnock[30]

Kilsyth[62]

Kinross[63]

Kirkcaldy[2]

Kirkwall[64]

Kirriemuir[65]

Lanark[66]

Largs[67]

Larkhall[68]

Lasswade[12]

Lerwick[69]

Letham[70]

Leven[2][71]

Linlithgow[72]

Lossiemouth[38]

Lower Largo[2]

Lybster[73]

Maybole[10]

Midlothian[74]

Moffat[75]

Monifieth[76]

Montrose[77]

Moray[78]

Musselburgh[26]

Newport-on-Tay[2]

North Ayrshire[79]

North Lanarkshire

Oban[83]

Orkney[84]

Paisley[85]

Peebles[86]

Penicuik[87]

Perth[3]

Peterhead[88]

Pitlochry[3]

Prestwick[10]

Selkirk[89]

South Ayrshire[10]

South Lanarkshire[90]

St Andrews[91]

Stepps[92]

Stirling[93]

Stonehaven[94]

Stornoway[95]

Thurso[96]

Troon[10]

West Dunbartonshire[97]

West Lothian[98][99]

Wick[100]

Kundivihira

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  1. 'Twinning is about ordinary people making connections and forging friendships'. The Press and Journal (2019-06-05).
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 Town Twinning. Fife Council.[permanent dead link]
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Perth's Provost praises the Fair City's relationships with Tɛmplet:Sic twin cities. Daily Record (2016-09-07).
  4. French town honours Deeside residents for twinning efforts. The Press and Journal (2019-07-26).
  5. RAF tech's drone captures the wild landscapes of the Falkland Islands. Best Travel Tale (2019-04-29).
  6. Sadraudzības partneri (lv). Siguldas novads.
  7. Coronavirus: Forfar Rotary Club receives 7,000 face masks in latest show of Chinese support. The Courier (2020-05-09).
  8. Annan bomb-hit city gesture. DnG24 (2016-03-25).
  9. Celebrating 50 years of twinning. Helensburgh Advertiser (2017-10-17).
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Town twinning. South Ayrshire Council.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Twinning joy for Perthshire town. Daily Record (2017-08-15).
  12. 12.0 12.1 Midlothian turns its attention towards Europe. Midlothian Advertiser (2016-12-15).[permanent dead link]
  13. Jouy-en-Josas, France. South Lanarkshire Council.
  14. Carnoustie and Maule/ Aulnay Twinning. Carnoustie Twinning Association.
  15. Youth Exchange Plans Launch. Clackmannanshire Council (2013-02-18).
  16. Paris attacks: Coatbridge sends message of condolence to twin town St Denis in wake of atrocity. Daily Record (2015-11-19).
  17. Organisations. Coldstream Community.
  18. 2018 Crieff Highland Gathering to celebrate tenth anniversary of USA link. The Courier (2018-01-31).
  19. Cumbernauld's twin town offers summer jobs to help improve French language skills. Cumbernauld News (2019-02-26).
  20. Testvérvárosaink (hu). Ócsa.
  21. No 84. A coin from the region of Charente. Midlothian Advertiser (2017-03-28).[permanent dead link]
  22. Danderhall's French connection. Midlothian Advertiser (2019-08-23).
  23. Towns Called Boring, Bland, And Dull All Joined Forces To Make A Trinity Of Tedium. The Vintage News (2019-05-03).
  24. Dumfries Male Voice Choir. Dumfries Male Voice Choir.
  25. Cosa vedere a Dumfries in Scozia (it). Onemag (2018-12-14).
  26. 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 Town Twinning. East Lothian Council.
  27. Dundee's Twins Around the World. Dundee City Council.
  28. Statue of Polish 'Soldier Bear' to be unveiled in Duns. BBC News (2016-04-08).
  29. Gemellaggio (it). Cappella Maggiore.
  30. 30.0 30.1 Town Twinning. East Ayrshire Council.
  31. Présentation de la ville de Corbeil-Essonnes (fr). Corbeil-Essonnes.
  32. Canal Festival to pay tribute to 'Mother of Japanese Whisky'. East Dunbarton Council (2019-06-13).
  33. Ballerup, Denmark. South Lanarkshire Council.
  34. Venskabsbyer (da). Albertslund Kommune.
  35. Edinburgh's ten sisters: Why these remarkable cities are twinned with the capital. Edinburgh Live (2020-04-30).
  36. Shenzhen and Edinburgh Become Sister Cities. China Minutes (2019-06-05).
  37. Twinning. Sauze d'Oulx.
  38. 38.0 38.1 38.2 Elgin twin-town group makes youth appeal. The Northern Scot (2019-06-14).
  39. Armistice 100: Gordon Highlanders to be remembered in Chievres. The Ellon Times (2018-11-09).
  40. County of Hawai'i Official Sister Cities. County of Maui.
  41. Comite de Jumelage - Eyemouth (Ecosse) + Veliko Trgovisce (Croatie) (fr). Marle.
  42. French students proudly sing their national anthem in Falkirk just days after Notre Dame fire. The Falkirk Herald (2019-04-23).
  43. Nawiązanie współpracy partnerskiej ze szkockim miastem Falkirk, 14.02.2017 r. (pl). Chełmno.
  44. Forfar's twin-town Chabanais. La Croix Spa (2015-09-12).
  45. Forres & District – Vienenburg & Goslar Twinning Association. Forres & District – Vienenburg & Goslar Twinning Association.
  46. Sister City – Forres, Scotland. Mount Dora.
  47. Former Mayor scaling the heights of Ben Nevis once more. Black Country Radio (2019-05-20).
  48. Bressuire: Twinned with Fraserburgh. Fraserburgh Football Club Supporters Club.
  49. Twin Cities. Glasgow City Council.
  50. History of Grangemouth. Electric Scotland.
  51. Châtellerault, France. South Lanarkshire Council.
  52. Scottish towns urged to apply for domestic twinning programme. The Scotsman (2016-10-09).
  53. Council gives cash for trip to Helensburgh's 'twin town'. Helensburgh Advertiser (2019-06-27).
  54. Introduction. Innerleithen Community.
  55. Home. City of Inverness Town Twinning Committee.
  56. Twinned Visit. Evening Express (2016-06-08).
  57. Team from Irvine's twin town Voisin take in Scottish golf tour. Irvine Times (2017-06-24).
  58. Welcome. Jedburgh Twinning.
  59. Sister Cities. Kelso, Washington.
  60. Comité de Jumelage (fr). Orchies.
  61. Lowne, Rosemary (2018-09-07). Kilmacolm villagers say they are 'determined' not to let Brexit affect their relationship with their sister village in France. Greenock Telegraph.
  62. Town Twinning. Kilsyth Community Council.
  63. Chalmers, Robbie (2019-08-20). Kinross' twin town pals get taste of local culture. Daily Telegraph.
  64. Costruire La Pace Con I Materiali Della Guerra: La Italian Chapel Nelle Isole Orcadi (it). Associazione Nazionale Combattenti e Reduci (2021-04-02).
  65. Plans to put fresh sparkle into 43-year Kirriemuir twinning link with French town of Volvic. The Courier (2019-09-13).
  66. Yvetôt, France. South Lanarkshire Council.
  67. Largs Town Twinning. Largs Town Twinning Association.
  68. Seclin, France. South Lanarkshire Council.
  69. Culture. Shetland Islands Council.
  70. Letham Twinning Association. Letham Village & District.
  71. It's official – Levenmouth twinned with Bruges. Fife Today (2016-07-05).
  72. Linlithgow Twinning Association. My Linlithgow.
  73. Calls for Lybster American link to be revived. John O'Groat Journal and Caithness Courier (2016-08-02).
  74. Twinning – Report by Director, Resources. Midlothian Council (2018-08-28).
  75. Moffat ready to 'sign on'. DnG24 (2016-09-09).
  76. Les Villes jumelées (fr). Soyaux.
  77. Welcome to Montrose Twinning Association. Montrose Twinning Association.
  78. Kreispartnerschaften (de). Landkreis Kronach.
  79. Vänorter (sv). Uddevalla kommun.
  80. North Lanarkshire Council ends ring-fenced town twinning funding amid 'rising costs'. Daily Record (2023-05-05).
  81. Gemellaggi (it). Campi Bisenzio.
  82. North Lanarkshire Council arrange work placement for student from twin town. Motherwell Times (2019-03-28).
  83. 12 Amazing Facts About Oban. Bonawe House (2018-12-19).
  84. Orkney Norway Friendship Association. Orkney Communities.
  85. International exchanges between schools to be supported thanks to new fund. Paisley Community (2019-06-06).
  86. Home. Peebles Hendaye Twinning Association.
  87. Penicuik Twinning Association. Penicuik Twinning Association.
  88. Britain's best chippies bring supply chain full circle in Norway. The Scotsman (2018-03-06).
  89. The Selkirk – Plattling Twinning: Scotland and Bavaria. The Royal Burgh of Selkirk and District Community Council.
  90. Hemmingen, Germany. South Lanarkshire Council.
  91. Welcome to our website. St Andrews Loches Alliance.
  92. Location. Red Deer Village.
  93. Stirling to become first UK city in more than 10 years to link with Turkey. BBC News (2013-04-08).
  94. Local students win Scottish art contest; Artwork from Athens and Limestone County on display in Stonehaven, Scotland, business. Quad Cities Daily (2021-10-22).
  95. Visitors from Pendleton. Stornoway Historical Society (2019-10-08).
  96. Thurso celebrates 40 years of Brilon twinning. John O'Groat Journal (2019-08-09).
  97. Tourist information. West Dunbartonshire Council.
  98. West Lothian Grapevine Twinning Association. West Lothian Grapevine Twinning Association.
  99. West Lothian and Hochsauerland Twinning. West Lothian Twinning Association.
  100. Councillors defer a decision on Wick's twinning link with Klaksvik. BBC News (2016-01-13).

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