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This is a list of places in Scotland which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as " town twinning" (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).

A

Aberdeen [1]

Aberdour [2]

Abernethy [3]

Aboyne [4]

Airdrie [5]

Angus [6] [7]

Annan [8]

Anstruther [2]

Argyll and Bute [9]

Ayr [10]

B

Birnam [11]

Blairgowrie and Rattray [3]

Bonnyrigg [12]

Bothwell [13]

Burntisland [2]

C

Carnoustie [14]

Clackmannanshire [15]

Coatbridge [16]

Coldstream [17]

Comrie [3]

Crieff [18]

Cumbernauld [19]

D

Dalgety Bay and Hillend [20]

Dalkeith [21]

Danderhall [22]

Dull [23]

Dumfries [24] [25]

Dunbar [26]

Dundee [27]

Dunfermline [2]

Dunkeld [11]

Duns [28]

E

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]

F

Falkirk [42]

Fochabers [38]

Fife [2]

Forfar [44]

Forres [45] [46]

Fort William [47]

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Fraserburgh [48]

G

Girvan [10]

Glasgow [49]

Glenrothes [2]

Grangemouth [50]

H

Haddington [26]

Hamilton [51]

Hawick [52]

Helensburgh [53]

I

Innerleithen [54]

Inverness [55]

Inverurie [56]

Irvine [57]

J

Jedburgh [58]

K

Kelso [59] [60]

Kilmacolm [61]

Kilmarnock [30]

Kilsyth [62]

Kinross [63]

Kirkcaldy [2]

Kirkwall [64]

Kirriemuir [65]

L

Lanark [66]

Largs [67]

Larkhall [68]

Lasswade [12]

Lerwick [69]

Letham [70]

Leven [2] [71]

Linlithgow [72]

Lossiemouth [38]

Lower Largo [2]

Lybster [73]

M

Maybole [10]

Midlothian [74]

Moffat [75]

Monifieth [76]

Montrose [77]

Moray [78]

Musselburgh [26]

N

Newport-on-Tay [2]

North Ayrshire [79]

North Lanarkshire [80] [81]

O

Oban [82]

Orkney [83]

P

Paisley [84]

Peebles [85]

Penicuik [86]

Perth [3]

Peterhead [87]

Pitlochry [3]

Prestwick [10]

S

Selkirk [88]

South Ayrshire [10]

South Lanarkshire [89]

St Andrews [90]

Stepps [91]

Stirling [92]

Stonehaven [93]

Stornoway [94]

T

Thurso [95]

Troon [10]

W

West Dunbartonshire [96]

West Lothian [97] [98]

Wick [99]

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