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[3] [4] The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) measures population in a different area: the Stornoway settlement area, Laxdale, Sandwick and Newmarket; in 2019, the estimated population for this area was 6,953. [2] Stornoway is an important port and the administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides.
In numbers:. Lewis & Harris [ 21,574 Combined population of the two islands ] [ 7,280 Population of Stornoway, the largest town in the Western Isles ],[ 160 Miles of islands make up the Western Isles.
Between 1991 and 2001, the population of the islands as a whole fell by 3% to 99,739, although there were 35 islands whose population increased. [19] By contrast, between 2001 and 2011 Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. [ 3 ]
Near Stornoway, Laxdale, Sandwick and Holm, although still de facto villages, have now become quasi-suburbs of Stornoway. The population of the greater-Stornoway area including these (and other) villages would be nearer 12,000.
Stornoway is the main town of the island, and the civil parish of Stornoway, including the town and various nearby villages, has a population of about 12,000. [ 21 ] Transport links
It predicted that the population is "projected to fall to 22,709 by 2043"; that translates to a 16% decline, or 4,021 people, between 2018 and 2043. [136] The UK’s largest community-owned wind farm, the 9MW Beinn Ghrideag, a "3 turbine, 9MW scheme" is located outside Stornoway and is operated by Point and Sandwick Trust (PST). [137] [138] [139]
The population of Scotland at the 2022 Census was 5,436,600, ... (Stornoway). Festivals celebrating Celtic culture, such as Festival Interceltique de Lorient ...
At the 2011 census, the population of the civil parish was 1,810. 62.0% had some knowledge of Gaelic. [3] A hundred years before, in 1911, 91.1% were Gaelic speaking (and 97.5% in 1881). [4] The area of the parish is 114,601 acres (179.1 sq mi; 463.8 km 2). [5] The parish originally belonged to the county of Ross and Cromarty.