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The inhabited islands of the Inner Hebrides had a population of 18,257 in 2001, [7] and 18,948 at the time of the 2011 census. [8] The highest peaks of the islands have names deriving from both Gaelic and Old Norse, indicating the historical importance of these two cultures.
The inhabited islands of the Inner Hebrides had a population of 18,257 at the 2001 census, [1] and this grew to 18,948 in 2011. [2] During the same period Scottish island populations as a whole grew by 4% to 103,702. [12] There are a further 44 uninhabited Inner Hebrides with an area greater than 30 ha (74 acres).
The Hebrides have less biodiversity than mainland Scotland, but a significant number of seals and seabirds. The islands have a combined area of 7,285 km 2 (2,813 sq mi), and, as of 2011, a combined population of around 45,000. [1]
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] ... Inner Hebrides.
Jura (/ ˈ dʒ ʊər ə / JOOR-ə; Scottish Gaelic: Diùra) is an island in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, adjacent to and northeast of Islay.With an area of 36,692 hectares (142 sq mi), and 196 inhabitants recorded in the 2011 census, [3] Jura is more sparsely populated than Islay, and is one of the least densely populated islands of Scotland: in a list of the islands of Scotland ranked by ...
List of islands showing area, population [4] and location Name Area Population Location ... Inner Hebrides: Scotland, United Kingdom Whalsay [7] 20 8 1,034:
Population: 10,008 [6] ... An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or Eilean a' Cheò), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. ...
Staffa (Scottish Gaelic: Stafa, [4] [5] pronounced [ˈs̪t̪afa], from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island) is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built from vertically placed tree-logs. [6]