Bute (; also known as the
Isle of Bute, ) is an
island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is divided into highland and lowland areas by the
Highland Boundary Fault. Formerly a constituent island of the larger
County of Bute, it is now part of the
council area of
Argyll and Bute. Bute's resident population was 6,498 in 2011, a decline of just over 10 rom the figure of 7,228 recorded in 2001 against a background of Scottish island populations as a whole growing by 4% to 103,702 for the same period.