In addition to the Isle of Man itself, the Isle of Man Government administers three small neighbouring islands: the Calf of Man, St Patrick's Isle and

St Michael's Isle St Michael's Isle ( gv, Ellan Noo Mael or ), more commonly referred to as Fort Island, is an island in Malew parish in the Isle of Man, noted for its attractive ruins. It covers an area of , is about long from west to east, and is connected to ...

. There are four places with official status as towns, and four villages, as well as many other smaller settlements. Traditionally the Island is divided into six

sheading Local government ( gv, gurneilys ynnydagh) in the Isle of Man was formerly based on six sheadings, which were divided into seventeen parishes (today referred to as "ancient parishes"). The island is today divided for local government purposes i ...

s, then further into seventeen parishes. Manx language names are given in ''italics''.

Towns

The official towns of the Isle of Man are: * Castletown () *

Douglas Douglas may refer to: People * Douglas (given name) * Douglas (surname) Animals *Douglas (parrot), macaw that starred as the parrot ''Rosalinda'' in Pippi Longstocking *Douglas the camel, a camel in the Confederate Army in the American Civil W ...

–

capital Capital may refer to: Common uses * Capital city, a municipality of primary status ** List of national capital cities * Capital letter, an upper-case letter Economics and social sciences * Capital (economics), the durable produced goods used f ...

and largest settlement () * Peel () * Ramsey ()

Villages

The official villages of the Isle of Man, with village commissioners, are: *

Laxey Laxey ( gv, Laksaa) is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse ''Laxa'' meaning 'Salmon River'. Its key distinguishing features are its three working vintage railways and the largest working waterwhee ...

() – no longer has village commissioners; is now merely an electoral ward of the parish district of Garff *

Onchan Onchan (; glv, Kione Droghad) is a village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with wh ...

– second largest settlement () *

Port St Mary Port St Mary ( gv, Purt le Moirrey or ''Purt-noo-Moirrey'') is a village district in the south-west of the Isle of Man. The village takes its name from the former Chapel of St Mary ( gv, Keeill Moirrey) which is thought to have overlooked Chap ...

() * Port Erin ()

Other settlements

Other notable settlements, with no official status, are: * Andreas () * Baldrine () * Ballabeg (Rushen) () * Ballabeg (Lonan) ()‡ *

Ballasalla Ballasalla () is a village in the parish of Malew in the south-east of the Isle of Man. The village is situated close to the Isle of Man Airport and north-east of the town of Castletown. History Ballasalla grew up around nearby Rushen Abbey. ...

() *

Ballaugh Ballaugh ( ; , ) is a small village on the Isle of Man in the parish of Ballaugh (parish), the same name, in the sheading of Michael (parish), Michael. It is the only village in the parish. The parish adjoins Jurby to the north, Lezayre to the e ...

() * Barregarrow ()‡ * Braaid ()‡ * Bradda * Bride () * Colby () *

Cregneash Cregneash or Cregneish ( gv, Creneash) is a small village and tourist destination in the extreme south-west of the Isle of Man, about from Port Erin. Most of the village is now part of a living museum run by Manx National Heritage. There are ...

()‡ * Crosby () * Dalby () * Derbyhaven ()‡ * Foxdale () * Glen Auldyn * Glen Maye () *

Glen Vine Glen Vine ( glv, Glion Vian) is a village on the Isle of Man in the parish of Marown. It is on the Isle of Man TT course four miles by road from Douglas. The Church of England parish church for Marown is St Runius church in Glen Vine. In 1844, P ...

() * Injebreck‡ *

Jurby Jurby ( on, djúra-bý – deer settlement - animal park) () is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located in the north-west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) in the sheading of Michael. Local ...

() * Kirk Michael () * Newtown () *

Niarbyl 250px, View to the south across Niarbyl Bay of the southwest coastline of the Isle of Man and Calf of Man. Niarbyl ( glv, Yn Arbyl), meaning "the tail" in Manx for the way it extends into the Irish Sea, is a rocky promontory on the southwest c ...

()‡ *

Port Soderick Port Soderick ( glv, Purt Soderick) is a small hamlet to the south of Douglas, capital of the Isle of Man, once famed for its pleasure grounds and beach. In latter years there have been various attempts to rejuvenate the area, all of which have b ...

()‡ *

Ronague Ronague ( gv, Eairy Shynnagh or ) is a tiny hamlet in the south of the Isle of Man, in the parish of Arbory. It consists of an old chapel, several houses and some farms. It lies to the north of the villages of Ballabeg and Colby, west of the haml ...

()‡ * St Mark's () * St John's () * Strang () * Sulby () *

Union Mills Union commonly refers to: * Trade union, an organization of workers * Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets Union may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Music * Union (band), an American rock group ** ''Un ...

() *

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‡ Those marked ‡ (at least) are not large enough to be notable as settlements, but some of them may be notable as tourist destinations.

Sheadings

The

s ( gv, sheadin (singular), sheadinyn (plural) ) of the Isle of Man are: * Ayre () *

Garff Garff () is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) and consists of the two historic parishes of Lonan and Maughold. Before 1796 it also included t ...

() *

Glenfaba Glenfaba ( ; gv, Glion Faba) is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man. It is located on the west of the island (part of the traditional ''North Side'' division) and consists of the two historic parishes of German and Patrick. Historical ...

() *

Michael Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...

() * Middle () * Rushen ()

Historic parishes

The historic parishes ( gv, skeerey (singular), skeeraghyn (plural) ) currently included in each sheading of the Isle of Man are: * Ayre ** Andreas () ** Bride () ** Lezayre () * Garff ** Lonan (): historical parish, now merged into the parish district of Garff ** Maughold (): historical parish, now merged into the parish district of Garff **

() * Glenfaba **

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Ger ...

() **

Patrick Patrick may refer to: * Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name * Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People * Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick ...

() * Michael **

() **

() * Middle **

Braddan Braddan ( gv, Braddan) is one of the seventeen parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) in the sheading of Middle. Administratively, a small part of the historic p ...

() **

Marown Marown ( , rhymes with "gown"; gv, Marooney) is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man. It is the only landlocked parish on the Island. It is located in the centre of the island, in the sheading of Middle, though historical ...

() ** Santon () * Rushen **

Arbory Arbory ( gv, Cairbre) is one of the seventeen historic parishes of the Isle of Man. It is located in the south of the island (part of the traditional ''South Side'' division) in the sheading of Rushen. Settlements in the parish include Ballabeg, ...

(): now merged into the parish district of

Arbory and Rushen Arbory and Rushen (''Cairbre as Rosien'') is a local authority area in the south-west of the Isle of Man, designated as a parish district, and with its own parish commissioners. It was created in 2020 by the merger of the former parishes of Arbory ...

** Rushen (historically "Kirk Christ Rushen") (): now merged into the parish district of

** Malew () Historically, each parish was divided into between 5 and 16 ''treens'', each consisting of four quarterlands.List of Treens on the Isle of Man
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Coastal features

* Laxey Bay * Ramsey Bay * Douglas Bay

Other geographical features

* Port-Ny-Ding, a small bay immediately north-west of Bradda West * Snaefell (), the only mountain of the Isle of Man

References

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Towns

Villages

Other settlements

Sheadings

Historic parishes

Coastal features

Other geographical features

See also

References