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-{{uk}}
+{| class="wikitable"
+|- style="vertical-align:top;"
+|[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.jpg|350 px|center|alt=Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+|
+<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br>
+'''Country''' :
+* United Kingdom [[File:unitedkingdom-flag.gif|60 px|right]]
+** Scotland<br><br>
+'''Incorporated into''':<br>
+* 1975 [[Argyll and Bute]] District
+** 1996 [[Argyll and Bute]] Area Council
+'''Status''':<br>
+* (< 1975) Burgh
+* present : Community Council
+<br>
+{{#display_map:56.4140,-5.4730|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}}
+|}
-''' OBAN '''
+{| class="wikitable"
+|+Official blazon
-Incorporated into : 1975 [[Argyll and Bute]] District (1996 [[Argyll and Bute]] Area Council)
+|-
+|'''English'''
-[[File:Oban.jpg|center|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]]
+| Argent, in the waves of the sea Proper a lymphad Sable, oars in action, with a beacon on the top of the mast Proper, in base a salmon naiant Argent; on a chief parted per pale, dexter, Azure, a lion rampant Argent; sinister, gyronny of eight Or and Sable. And in Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Air Aghart".
+|}
-===Official blazon===
-Argent, in the waves of the sea Proper a lymphad Sable, oars in action, with a beacon on the top of the mast Proper, in base a salmon naiant Argent; on a chief parted per pale, dexter, Azure, a lion rampant Argent; sinister, gyronny of eight Or and Sable.
-And in Escrol below the Shield this Motto "Air Aghart".
 ===Origin/meaning===
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 The Gaelic motto means "Forward".
+The arms are now used by the Community Council with a different crown (see below).
-{|align="center"
+===Image gallery===
-|align="center"|[[File:Obanseal.jpg|350 px|center|seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
+<gallery widths=250px heights=200px perrow=0>
-|
+File:Obanseal.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|Seal of the burgh as used in the 1890s
-|-
+File:Obancc.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|The arms of the Community Council
-|align="center"|[[File:Oban.jj.jpg|350 px|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
+File:Oban.jj.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|The arms as used on a [[Jaja|JaJa postcard]] +/- 1905
-|align="center"|[[File:Oban.haguk.jpg|center|Arms of {{PAGENAME}}]]  <br/>The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1925
+File:Oban.haguk.jpg|alt=Arms (crest) of Oban|The arms in the [[Coffee Hag albums]] +/- 1935
-|}
+</gallery>
+[[Civic Heraldry Literature - United Kingdom|'''Literature''']]: Urquhart, 1974
+{{uk}}
 {{media}}
-[[Literature]] : Urquhart, 1974
 [[Category:United Kingdom Municipalities O]]
 [[Category:Scotland]]
 [[Category:Granted 1901]]