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Lewis and Harris is the most populous of the Scottish islands: It had just over 21,000 residents in 2011, [4] a rise of 5.6% from the 2001 census total of 19,918. [20] 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.
Looking towards the uplands in the centre of the Island of Lewis. Compared with Harris, Lewis is relatively flat, except in the south-west, where Mealaisbhal, 574 m (1,883 ft), is the highest point, and in the south-east, where Beinn Mhor reaches 572 m (1,877 ft); but there are 16 high points exceeding 300 m (980 ft) in height. [10]
Harris is a part of historic Inverness-shire, and was administered as such under older administrative divisions. In the 2001 census, Harris had a usually resident population of 1,916. [1] It is part of the South Lewis, Harris and North Uist National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. [9]
The harbour, Stornoway The ruins of Dun Carloway Iron Age broch Two kings and two queens from the Lewis chessmen Our Lady of the Isles, South Uist Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, Harris The inhabited islands of the Outer Hebrides had a total population of 26,502 in 2001 [ 7 ] and 27,684 at the time of the 2011 census .
The islands form an archipelago whose major islands are Lewis and Harris, North Uist, Benbecula, South Uist, and Barra. Lewis and Harris has an area of 2,178.98 square kilometres (841 sq mi) [9] and is the largest island in Scotland and the third-largest in the British Isles, after Great Britain and Ireland.
Stornoway Town Hall. The town was founded by Vikings in the early 9th century, [8] with the Old Norse name Stjórnavágr.The settlement grew up around a sheltered natural harbour and became a hub for people from all over the island, who travelled to Stornoway either by family boat or by horse-drawn coach, for onward travel to and trade with the rest of Scotland and further afield.
Lewis and Harris: Area: 653 ha (2 + 1 ⁄ 2 ... By 2011 the population had declined by 9% to 291 [3] whilst during the same period Scottish island populations as a ...
Lewis and Harris [d] ... Population figures (as of 31 December 2013) of Swedish islands Södermalm and Kungsholmen are calculated from. [5