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The Isle of Mull [6] or simply Mull [3] [7] (Scottish Gaelic: Muile ⓘ) [8] is the second-largest island of the Inner Hebrides (after Skye) and lies off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute. Covering 875.35 square kilometres (337.97 sq mi), Mull is the fourth-largest island in Scotland.
The overall trends are typically growth in populations in the early part of the modern period, followed by declines from the mid 19th century onwards. In every case except Orkney the highest population was recorded prior to 1932 and the lowest post-Industrial Revolution figure after 1960. Subsequently, there has been modest growth overall ...
Fionnphort (English: / ˈ f ɪ n ə f ɔːr t /, Scottish Gaelic: [ˈfjun̪ˠafɔrˠt̪]) is the principal port of the Ross of Mull, and the second largest settlement in the area (its population is approximately 80). [1]
Parishes of the Isle of Mull (1891) Kilninian and Kilmore shown in orange (and labelled 8) Kilninian and Kilmore is a civil parish on the Isle of Mull in the county of Argyll, Scotland, part of the Argyll and Bute council area. It is one of three parishes on the island and extends over the north-western part.
A line graph of population in Scotland based on the national census, from 1801 to 2011 [38] By the time of the first decadal census in 1801, the population was 1,608,420. It grew steadily in the nineteenth century, to 2,889,000 in 1851 and 4,472,000 in 1901. [39] While population fell in some rural areas, it rose rapidly in the towns.
This was replaced by Mull District Council in 1930, which had 6 members, 3 of whom were the County Councillors for Mull and 3 elected to the District Council from wards based on the three parishes. [19] [20] Since 1976 there has been an Isle of Mull community council. Iona has a separate community council. [21] [22] [23]
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"Small Isles" is the name of the coterminous civil parish and former Church of Scotland parish, [5] originally created in 1726 from part of Sleat parish, the balance of which lies on the much larger island of Skye.