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Reay Free Church, Enclosing Walls To Frontage And Memorial Sited Therein, Achimenach, By Shebster 58°33′12″N 3°40′42″W / 58.553434°N 3.678219°W / 58.553434; -3.678219 ( Reay Free Church, Enclosing Walls To Frontage And Memorial Sited Therein, Achimenach, By
Reay (/ r eɪ /, RAY; Scottish Gaelic: Ràth, /rˠaː/) is a village which has grown around Sandside Bay on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. It is within the historic Parish of Reay and the historic county of Caithness .
There are approximately 47,400 listed buildings in Scotland, of which around 8% (some 3,800) are Category A. [4] The council area of Highland is the largest in Scotland, covering 30,659 square kilometres (11,838 sq mi), and it has a population of around 220,500. There are 185 Category A listed buildings in the area.
Reay Parish Church is a Church of Scotland parish church serving Reay, Caithness. It is one of the most northerly communities on the Scottish mainland, located several miles to west of Thurso . The largest local employer is the Dounreay nuclear facility.
In Scotland, "locality" refers to a populated area composed of contiguous postcodes with populations of at least 500. [a] [2] The 52 localities with a population over 15,000 are listed below. [1] Glasgow is the most populous locality in Scotland, and also the largest city; Greater Glasgow is the largest settlement.
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Scotland 58°34′10″N 3°47′40″W / 58.569311°N 3.794453°W / 58.569311; -3. Fresgoe is the main harbour for the village of Reay , overlooking Sandside Bay in Caithness in the Scottish highlands .
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.