Inverness-shire ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Nis) is a historic county,

registration county A registration county was, in Great Britain and Ireland, a statistical unit used for the registration of births, deaths and marriages and for the output of census information. In Scotland registration counties are used for land registration pur ...

and

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of Scotland. Covering much of the

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and

Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coas ...

, it is Scotland's largest county, though one of the smallest in population, with 67,733 people or 1.34% of the Scottish population.

Definition

The extent of the lieutenancy area was defined in 1975 as covering the

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of Inverness, Badenoch & Strathspey, and

Lochaber Lochaber ( ; gd, Loch Abar) is a name applied to a part of the Scottish Highlands. Historically, it was a provincial lordship consisting of the parishes of Kilmallie and Kilmonivaig, as they were before being reduced in extent by the creatio ...

. Thus it differs from the county in that it includes parts of what were once

Moray Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland (council area), ...

and

Argyll Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

, but does not include any of the

which were given their own lieutenancy area — the

Western Isles The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...

Geography

Inverness-shire is Scotland's largest county, and the second largest in the UK as a whole after

Yorkshire Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other Eng ...

. It borders

Ross-shire Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting ...

to the north,

Nairnshire The County of Nairn (also called Nairnshire) ( gd, Siorrachd Inbhir Narann) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county was used for local administration until the county council, based at the county t ...

Banffshire Banffshire ; sco, Coontie o Banffshire; gd, Siorrachd Bhanbh) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. The county town is Banff, although the largest settlement is Buckie to the west. It borders the Mora ...

and

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially different boundaries. The Aberdeenshire Council area inclu ...

to the east, and

Perthshire Perthshire ( locally: ; gd, Siorrachd Pheairt), officially the County of Perth, is a historic county and registration county in central Scotland. Geographically it extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the nort ...

and

Argyllshire Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

to the south. Its mainland section covers a large area of the

, bordering the

Sea of the Hebrides The Sea of the Hebrides ( gd, An Cuan Barrach, ) is a small, partly sheltered section of the North Atlantic Ocean, indirectly off the southern part of the north-west coast of Scotland. To the east are the mainland of Scotland and the northern ...

to the west and Beauly Firth and

Moray Firth The Moray Firth (; Scottish Gaelic: ''An Cuan Moireach'', ''Linne Mhoireibh'' or ''Caolas Mhoireibh'') is a roughly triangular inlet (or firth) of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of north of Sc ...

to the east which provide access to the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian ...

. It is split into two by the

Great Glen The Great Glen ( gd, An Gleann Mòr ), also known as Glen Albyn (from the Gaelic "Glen of Scotland" ) or Glen More (from the Gaelic ), is a glen in Scotland running for from Inverness on the edge of Moray Firth, in an approximately straight ...

, a roughly 60 mile

geological fault In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements. Large faults within Earth's crust result from the action of plate tectoni ...

which runs south-west to north-east and divides the

Northwest Highlands The Northwest Highlands are located in the northern third of Scotland that is separated from the Grampian Mountains by the Great Glen (Glen More). The region comprises Wester Ross, Assynt, Sutherland and part of Caithness. The Caledonian Canal, ...

to the west from the

Grampian Mountains The Grampian Mountains (''Am Monadh'' in Gaelic) is one of the three major mountain ranges in Scotland, that together occupy about half of Scotland. The other two ranges are the Northwest Highlands and the Southern Uplands. The Grampian rang ...

(including the

Monadhliath Mountains The Monadhliath Mountains , or Monadh Liath, are a range of mountains in Scotland. Monadh Liath is Scottish Gaelic, and means "grey mountain range". Running in a northeast to southwest direction, it lies on the western side of Strathspey, to the w ...

) to the east. The glen contain the notable lochs of

Loch Ness Loch Ness (; gd, Loch Nis ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. It takes its name from the River Ness, which flows from the northern end. Loch Ness is best known for claim ...

(Scotland's second largest),

Loch Oich Loch Oich (; gd, Loch Omhaich) is a freshwater loch in the Highlands of Scotland which forms part of the Caledonian Canal, of which it is the highest point. This narrow loch lies between Loch Ness (to the north-east) and Loch Lochy (to the sout ...

and Loch Lochy, which are connected by the

Caledonian Canal The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford. Route The canal ...

; it opens into the south-west into the sealoch

Loch Linnhe Loch Linnhe () is a sea loch on the west coast of Scotland. The part upstream of Corran is known in Gaelic as (the black pool, originally known as Loch Abar), and downstream as (the salty pool). The name ''Linnhe'' is derived from the Gaelic ...

Ben Nevis Ben Nevis ( ; gd, Beinn Nibheis ) is the highest mountain in Scotland, the United Kingdom and the British Isles. The summit is above sea level and is the highest land in any direction for . Ben Nevis stands at the western end of the Grampian ...

, the tallest peak in Britain, is located to the east of Fort William. The west coast consists of a number of large peninsulas divided by long loch inlets; north-to-south these are Glenelg (shared with Ross-shire),

Loch Hourn Loch Hourn ( gd, Loch Shubhairne) is a sea loch which separates the peninsulas of Glenelg to the north and Knoydart to the south, on the west coast of Scotland. Geography Loch Hourn runs inland from the Sound of Sleat, opposite the island of Sk ...

Knoydart Knoydart (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cnòideart'') is a peninsula in Lochaber, Highland, on the west coast of Scotland. Knoydart is sandwiched between Lochs Nevis and Hourn — often translated as "Loch Heaven" (from the Gaelic ''Loch Néimh'') an ...

, Loch Nevis, North and South

Morar Morar (; gd, Mòrar) is a small village on the west coast of Scotland, south of Mallaig. The name Morar is also applied to the northern part of the peninsula containing the village, though North Morar is more usual (the region to the south we ...

/ Arisaig,

Loch nan Uamh The Sound of Arisaig Lochaber, Scotland, separates the Arisaig peninsula to the north from the Moidart peninsula to the south. At the eastern, landward end, the sound is divided by Ardnish into two sea lochs. Loch nan Uamh lies to the north of Ardn ...

, Ardnish,

Loch Ailort Loch Ailort ( ; Scottish Gaelic: Loch Ailleart) is a sea loch in Morar, Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. Loch Ailort is a shallow V shaped loch, with the small Ardnish Peninsula on the north side, and the large southwest facing Moidart Peninsula ...

, Moidart and Loch Moidart. This area was traditionally referred to as the Rough Bounds due to its remoteness and inaccessibility and it remains wild and sparsely populated today. The terrain in Inverness-shire is generally mountainous, with numerous lochs scattered throughout the county, the largest of these being:

Loch Ashie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

, Loch Mhor, Loch Knockie,

Loch Duntelchaig Loch Duntelchaig (from the Scottish Gaelic Loch Dun Seilcheig) is a freshwater loch in the traditional county of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands. It extends from the southwest to its outflow in the northeast and measures up to at i ...

, Loch Ruthven,

Loch Moy Loch Moy (from the Scottish Gaelic ''Loch A'Mhoigh'' meaning the Loch of the Plain) is a freshwater loch beside the village of Moy near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. History There is an island on the loch called the Isle of Moy and on th ...

Loch Alvie Loch Alvie is a loch located south of the River Spey, in the civil parish of Alvie, in the council area of Highland, Scotland. The loch is about two miles southwest of Aviemore Aviemore (; gd, An Aghaidh Mhòr ) is a town and tourist resort, s ...

Loch Insh Loch Insh is a loch in Highlands region, Scotland. It is situated in the heart of Badenoch and Strathspey, seven miles south of Aviemore and seven miles north of Kingussie. The nearest village to the loch is Kincraig. The loch is a location fo ...

Loch an Eilean ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

Loch Killin Loch Killin is a small freshwater loch in the Monadhliath Mountains, in Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom. Geography The loch is about long, and is one of numerous small lochs close to the southern end of Loch Ness, the southernmost point of ...

, Loch Crunachdan,

Loch Morlich Loch Morlich (Scottish Gaelic, ''Loch Mhùrlaig'') is a freshwater loch in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Highland, Scotland near Aviemore. The loch is home to a watersports centre with kayaking, sailing and windsurfing among the activities ...

Loch Garten Loch Garten ( gd, Loch a' Ghartain) is a large Highland freshwater loch ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for ...

Loch Einich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

Loch an t-Seilich ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

, Loch na Cuaich, Loch Coaldair, the Blackwater Reservoir,

Loch Treig Loch Treig is a 9 km freshwater loch situated in a steep-sided glen 20 km east of Fort William, in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. While there are no roads alongside the loch, the West Highland Line follows its eastern bank. Since 1929 ...

Loch Ossian Loch Ossian (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Oisein") is a narrow loch that is about long on the north eastern edge of Rannoch Moor, on The Corrour Estate, with its western corner east of Corrour railway station. It is drained by the River Ossian, flowi ...

Loch Laggan Loch Laggan is a freshwater loch situated approximately west of Dalwhinnie in the Scottish Highlands. The loch has an irregular shape, runs nearly northeast to southwest and is approximately in length. It has an average depth of and is at its ...

, Loch Spean, Loch Ericht, Loch Gulbin,

Lochan na h-Earba The single name Lochan na h-Earba is applied to two lochs to the south of Loch Laggan in Highland, Scotland, close to the historic boundary between Lochaber and Badenoch. It is thought that the two lochs once formed a single loch, but became sepa ...

, Loch Pattack,

Loch Eilde Mòr ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised sp ...

, Loch a' Bhealaich Bheithe, Loch a' Bhealaich Leamhain, Lochan Lùnn Dà-Bhrà, Loch Bruicaich,

Loch Meiklie ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

, Loch ma Stac, Loch a' Chràthaich, Loch na Beinne Baine,

Loch Lundie Loch Lundie is a small, lowland freshwater loch in Glen Garry, about north-west of Invergarry in the Scottish Highlands. The loch is irregular in shape with a perimeter of . It is approximately long, has an average depth of and is at its dee ...

Loch Garry Loch Garry (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Garraidh) is a freshwater loch 25 km north of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. Loch Garry is 11 km long and 50 m deep. It is fed by waters from Loch Quoich 10 km upstream on the River Garry, an ...

, Loch Beannacharan, Loch Beinn a Mheadhoin, Loch Monar,

Loch Mullardoch Loch Mullardoch is a major reservoir in Glen Cannich in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It was created by the damming in 1951 of the River Cannich just upstream of Mullardoch House, as part of the Affric-Beauly hydro-electric power scheme. ...

Loch Affric Loch Affric is a freshwater loch within Glen Affric, in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. It lies about southwest of Beauly.Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet 414 and 415 The loch sits in a national ...

Loch Cluanie Loch Cluanie (Scottish Gaelic: ''Loch Cluanaidh'') is a loch in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland at the south-east end of Glen Shiel. It is a reservoir, contained behind the Cluanie Dam, constructed by Mitchell Construction and completed in 195 ...

Loch Loyne Loch Loyne is a loch in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. Loch Loyne lies between Glen Garry and Glen Cluanie. The A87 road runs beside the eastern side of the loch. Road and Dam The first proper road across the Loyne was begun in 1821 by the ...

Loch Quoich Loch Quoich ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Chuaich) is a loch and reservoir situated west of Loch Garry approximately 40 km northwest of Fort William, Lochaber, Scotland. The name means "loch of the quaich". In 1896, it was listed as six miles ...

, Loch an Dubh-Lochain,

Loch Arkaig Loch Arkaig ( Scottish Gaelic: Loch Airceig) is a body of freshwater in Lochaber, Scotland, to the west of the Great Glen. It is approximately in length and lies above sea level, the maximum depth is around The main tributaries are the Des ...

Loch Morar Loch Morar (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Mòrair) is a freshwater loch in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland. It is the fifth-largest loch by surface area in Scotland, at , and the deepest freshwater body in the British Isles with a maximum depth of . The l ...

, Loch Beoriad,

Loch Dhoire a' Ghearrain ''Loch'' () is the Scottish Gaelic, Scots and Irish word for a lake or sea inlet. It is cognate with the Manx lough, Cornish logh, and one of the Welsh words for lake, llwch. In English English and Hiberno-English, the anglicised spellin ...

and Loch Shiel. Inverness-shire contains numerous small islands off its west coast which form part of the

Inner Hebrides The Inner Hebrides (; Scottish Gaelic: ''Na h-Eileanan a-staigh'', "the inner isles") is an archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland, to the south east of the Outer Hebrides. Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, whi ...

. The largest of these is

Skye The Isle of Skye, or simply Skye (; gd, An t-Eilean Sgitheanach or ; sco, Isle o Skye), is the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. The island's peninsulas radiate from a mountainous hub dominated ...

, separated from the Inverness-shire mainland by the Sound of Sleat; popular with tourists, it is a huge, sprawling island - the second biggest in Scotland - containing numerous peninsulas and offshore islands. The small isle of

Eigg Eigg (; gd, Eige; sco, Eigg) is one of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the Isle of Skye and to the north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Eigg is long from north to south, and east to west. With an ar ...

is also within Inverness-shire, despite the other

Small Isles The Small Isles ('' gd, Na h-Eileanan Tarsainn'') are a small archipelago of islands in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. They lie south of Skye and north of Mull and Ardnamurchan – the most westerly point of ma ...

being in Argyllshire. To the west, across the Little Minch, most of the

fall within the county, with the notable exception of

Lewis Lewis may refer to: Names * Lewis (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Lewis (surname), including a list of people with the surname Music * Lewis (musician), Canadian singer * "Lewis (Mistreated)", a song by Radiohead ...

which is in Ross-shire. Further west still lie the remote islands of St Kilda, which have been uninhabited since 1930. Much further west, 230 miles from the Outer Hebrides, lies the extremely remote, uninhabitable island of

Rockall Rockall () is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland ...

, which is subject to a territorial dispute with

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel, the Irish Sea, and St George's Channel. Ireland is the s ...

Islands

* An t-Eilean Meadhoin * Brinacory Island * Eilean a' Ghiuthais * Eilean a' Phidhir * Eilean Bàn * Eilean Choinneach * Eilean nam Breac

Inner Hebrides

* Airor Island *

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* Am Bi-bogha Mhòr * Am Bord (''also known as Lord Macdonald's Table'') * Am Fraoch-eilean * An Dubh-sgeir * An Dubh Sgeir *

An Garbh-eilean An, AN, aN, or an may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Airlinair (IATA airline code AN) * Alleanza Nazionale, a former political party in Italy * AnimeNEXT, an annual anime convention located in New Jersey * Anime North, a Canadian an ...

* An Glas Eilean * An t-Iasgair *

Ascrib Islands The Ascrib Islands are a group of small uninhabited islands off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye, in the Highland (council area), Highland council area of Scotland. They are in Loch Snizort, between the Trotternish and Waternish peninsulas ...

* Bogh Oitir * Clac nan Ràmh *

The Cleats ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the m ...

Clett Clett is a name used for many uninhabited Scottish islets and one to the south, though also in the area inhabited by Vikings. They include - * One at 58.623644°N 3.5424908°W, near the north coast of Caithness, just to the west Holborn Head nor ...

* Corr Eilean * Cow Rock * Dubh Sgeir *

* Eilean a' Chaolais * Eilean a' Choire * Eilean a' Chuilinn * Eilean a' Ghaill * Ealean a' Gharb-làin * Eilean a' Mhuineil * Eilean a' Phiobaire * Eilean Aigastan * Eilean an Eòin * Eilean an Fheidh * Eilean an Fhraoich * Eilean an Inbhire * Eilean an Sgùrra * Eilean a t-Sabhail * Eilean an t-Snidhe * Eilean Buidhe *

Eilean Chathastail Eilean Chathastail ( Eng: ''Castle Island'') is one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Geography EiggLandsat.jpg, Satellite view of Eigg (Landsat image viewed using NASA World Wind software). Eilean Chathastail is the island i ...

* Eilean Chlamail * Eilean Coille * Eilean Dà Chuain * Eilean Dearg *

Eilean Fladday Eilean Fladday (also Fladda) is a previously populated tidal island off Raasay, near the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Geography Eilean Fladday lies off the north west coast of Raasay, across Caol Fladday (Kyle Fladda), which dries at half-tide. ...

* Eilean Gaineamhach Boreraig * Eilean Garbh * Eilean Ghiubhais * Eilean Gobhlach * Eilean Heast * Eilean Ighe * Eilean Maol * Eilean Mhogh-sgeir * Eilean Mòr * Eilean na h-Àirde * Eilean na h-Arcairseid * Eilean na h-Oitire * Eilean na Glaschoille * Eilean nam Bairneach * Eilean nan Cabar * Eilean nan Gobhar * Eilean nan Trom * Eilean Port nam Murrach * Eilean Ràrsaidh * Eilean Raonuill * Eilean Reamhar * Eilean Ruairidh * Eilean Seamraig * Eilean Sgorach * Eilean Shamadalain *

Eilean Shona Eilean Shona ( gd, Eilean Seòna) is a tidal island in Loch Moidart, Scotland. The modern name may be from the Old Norse for "sea island". The pre-Norse Gaelic name, as recorded by Adomnán was or , meaning 'foreshore island', similar to the ...

* Eilean Sionnach * Eilean Thuilm *

Eilean Tigh Eilean Tigh ( gd, Eilean Taighe) is a tidal island in the Sound of Raasay of Scotland, that lies between Rona and Raasay. Approximately in extent, the island was once settled and the ruins of various structures are still visible at the sout ...

* Eilean Tioram (Loch Hourn) * Eilean Tioram (Loch Nevis) * Eilean Trodday *

Eileanan Dubha Kate Forsyth (born 3 June 1966) is an Australian author. She is best known for her historical novel ''Bitter Greens'', which interweaves a retelling of the '' Rapunzel'' fairy tale with the true life story of the woman who first told the tale, ...

* Fladda-chùain * Flod Sgeir * Gaeilavore Island * Gairbh Eilein * Garbh Eilean * Gearran Island * Glas Eilean * Griana-sgeir * Guillamon Island * Harlosh Island * Holoman Island *

Isay Isay ( gd, Ìosaigh) is an uninhabited island in the Inner Hebrides of the west coast of Scotland. It lies in Loch Dunvegan, off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye. Two smaller isles of Mingay and Clett lie nearby. The name originated fro ...

Lampay Lampay is an uninhabited tidal island in Loch Dunvegan, off the northwest coast of the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is separated from the "mainland" of Skye by a small sound called An Doirneil. It is not far from Claigan. The island doubles in s ...

Longay Longay ( gd, Longaigh) is a small uninhabited Scottish island in the Inner Sound just off the coast of the Isle of Skye, north of Pabay and east of Scalpay. In 1971, the Caledonian MacBrayne Caledonian MacBrayne ( gd, Caledonian Mac a' ...

* Luinga Beag * Luinga Mhòr * Macleaod's Maidens * Manish Island * Meallan Odhar *

Mingay Mingay is an islet in the Inner Hebrides off Skye and Isay. Together with Isay and Loch Dunvegan, it is designated as a Special Area of Conservation owing to the breeding colonies of the common seal. Geography and geology The island's rock is b ...

* Na Gamhnachain * Ornsay * Oronsay *

Pabay Pabay is a Scottish island just off the coast of Skye. The name Pabay is derived from an old Norse word meaning "priest's isle" and there are the remains of a 13th-century chapel. Geography Pabay is an island in the Inner Sound of Skye, lying ...

Raasay Raasay (; gd, Ratharsair) or the Isle of Raasay is an island between the Isle of Skye and the mainland of Scotland. It is separated from Skye by the Sound of Raasay and from Applecross by the Inner Sound. It is famous for being the birt ...

* Riska Island * Roag Island *

Samalaman Island Lismore Seminary was situated in Kilcheran House on the island of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides part of Argyll, Scotland. It served as a seminary for the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland in the 19th century. At the time it was the only seminary ...

* Sandaig Islands * Scalpay * Sgeir a' Chuain * Sgeir a'Ghaill * Sgeir an Fheòir * Sgeir an t-Struith * Sgeir Biodaig * Sgeir Chnapach * Sgeir Dhearg * Sgeir Dorcha * Sgeir Fhada * Sgeir Ghainmheach * Sgeir Ghlas * Sgeir Gobhlach * Sgeir Leathan * Sgeir Mhòr * Sgier na Caillich * Sgeir na h-Éireann * Sgeir nam Biast * Sgeir nam Maol * Sgeir nan Eilid * Sgeir nan Ruideag * Sgeir Shuas * Sgeir Thraid * Sgeirean Buidhe Bhorlum * Sgeirean Dubha Fhiadhach * Sgeirean Gobhlach * Sgeirean Glasa * Sgeirean Ràrsaidh *

* Soay *

South Rona Rona ( gd, Rònaigh), sometimes called South Rona to distinguish it from North Rona (a small uninhabited island to the northwest of Cape Wrath), is an inhabited island in the Inner Hebrides. It lies between the Sound of Raasay and the Inner Sou ...

Staffin Island Staffin Island (possibly also known as Stenscholl Island) is an uninhabited islet off the east coast of the Trotternish peninsula of Skye in Scotland. The Norse name may have been ''Fladdaidh'' meaning "flat island". The Gaelic name ''Eilean Sta ...

* Sula Skerry * Tarner Island * Tulm Island * Wiay File:Gravel beach, North-east Isle of Eigg - geograph.org.uk - 1466077.jpg, Coast of Eigg File:Dun Caan from Loch na Mna.jpg, Dùn Caan mountain on Raasay File:Oronsay Loch Bracadale 01.jpg, Oronsay File:Quiraing, Isle of Skye.jpg, Landscape of northern Skye

Outer Hebrides

* Baleshare * Barra *

Barra Head Barra Head, also known as Berneray ( gd, Beàrnaraigh; sco, Barra Heid), is the southernmost island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Within the Outer Hebrides, it forms part of the Barra Isles archipelago. Originally, Barra Head only ...

(''also known as Berneray'') * Bearran *

Benbecula Benbecula (; gd, Beinn nam Fadhla or ) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census, it had a resident population of 1,283 with a sizable percentage of Roman Catholics. It is in a ...

* Berneray * Bhacasaigh * Bhaiteam * Bhatam * Bhorogaigh * Bhotarsaigh * Bior-eilean * Boreray * Cafuam * Caigionn * Càiream * Calabhagh * Calbhaigh (''multiple islands with this name'') * Callum More * Caolaigh * Causamul *

Ceallasaigh Beag Ceallasaigh Beag (or Keallasay BegHaswell-Smith p. 244) is a low-lying island in Loch Maddy off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. This an area of shallow lagoons filled and drained by the tides each day. Ceallasaigh Mòr lies to th ...

Ceallasaigh Mòr Ceallasaigh Mòr (or Keallasay More) is a low-lying island in Loch Maddy off North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. This an area of shallow lagoons filled and drained by the tides each day. Ceallasaigh Beag Ceallasaigh Beag (or Keal ...

* Cearstaigh * Cliasaigh Beag * Cliasaigh Mòr * Collam * Copaigh * Corr-eileanan * Crago * Craobaghan * Creag na Staid * Creag nan Sealladh * Cuidhnis * Cuidsgeir * Deasgeir * Dioraigh * Dubh-Sgeir Mhòr * Duisgeir (northern) * Duisgeir (south-east) * Duisgeir (south-west) * Dùn Àrn * Dùn Corr Mòr * Eilean a' Bhogha * Eilean a' Gheoidh * Eilean a' Ghiorr * Eilean a' Ghuail * Eilean a' Mhadaidh * Eilean a' Mhail * Eilean a' Mhòrain * Eilean Àird Rainis * Eilean an Fhèidh * Eilean an Fhraoich Miatha * Eilean an Rubha * Eilean Baile Gearraidh * Eilean Bhàlaig * Eilean Bheirean * Eilean Chàirminis * Eilean Chòdam * Eilean Chrossain * Eilean Chuidhtinis * Eilean Cuithe nam Fiadh * Eilean Direcleit * Eilean Dubh Chollaim * Eilean Dubh na Muice * Eilean Fhionnlaidh * Eilean Fhionnsabhaigh * Eilean Fuam * Eilean Iochdrach * Eilean Leathan * Eilean Lingreabhaigh * Eilean Mhànais * Eilean Mhàraig * Eilean Mhiàthlais * Eilean Mhic Caoilte * Eilean Mhic Fhionnlaidh * Eilean Mhidinis *

Eilean na Cille Eilean na Cille, south east of Benbecula Benbecula (; gd, Beinn nam Fadhla or ) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Scotland. In the 2011 census, it had a resident population of 1,283 with a sizab ...

* Eilean na Cloiche * Eilean na h-Àirigh * Eilean na Gearrabreac * Eilean na Praise * Eilean na Sgaite * Eilean na Sgùirr * Eilean nam Bridianach * Eilean nan Carnan * Eilean nan Each * Eilean nan Gamhna * Eilean nan Gearr * Eilean nan Imireachean * Eilean nan Mult * Eilean Ornais * Eilean Rainich * Eilean Reinis * Eilean Reinigeadail * Eilean Sheumais * Eilean Stocanais * Eilean Trostain * Eileana Dubha * Eileanan a' Gheòidh * Eileanan a' Ghille-bheid * Eileanan Àrda *

Eileanan Chearabhaigh __NOTOC__ Eileanan Chearabhaigh is a collection of small uninhabited tidal islands off the south east coast of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The English language name Keiravagh Islands is sometimes used.Haswell-Smith (2004) p. 249 ...

Eileanan Iasgaich Na h-Eileanan Iasgaich comprise a small uninhabited archipelago in Loch Boisdale, in the south east of the island of South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The individual islands are separated from one another at high tide, but connected t ...

* Eileanan Stafa * Ensay *

Eriskay Eriskay ( gd, Èirisgeigh), from the Old Norse for "Eric's Isle", is an island and community council area of the Outer Hebrides in northern Scotland with a population of 143, as of the 2011 census. It lies between South Uist and Barra and is ...

* Fathoire * Fearamas * Fiaraigh * Fladaigh *

Flodaigh Beag Flodaigh is a tidal island lying to the north of Benbecula and south of Grimsay in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is connected to Benbecula by a causeway. The island is 145 hectares and in 2001 had a population of 11 and 7 in 2011. The census ...

Flodaigh Mòr Flodaigh Mòr (or Floddaymore) is an uninhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Geography and geology Flodaigh Mòr lies east of North Uist, close offshore to Ronay Ronay ( gd, Rònaigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Sc ...

* Flodday, Loch Maddy * Flodday (Sound of Barra) * Flodday (Vatersay) * Fodragaigh * Fuday * Fuidheigh * Fuidheigh Beag * Fuam * Fuam an Tolla * Fuam na h-Ola * Fuam Raonaid * Gàisgeir * Gàisgeir Beag * Garbh Lingeigh * Gasay * Gèarum Beag * Gearum Mòr * Gighay * Gilsaigh * Glas Eilean Mòr * Glas-eilean na Creige * Glas-sgeir * Glas Sgeir * Gloraig a' Chaimbeulaich * Gloraig Dubh * Gloraig Hùisinis * Gloraig Iosal * Gloraig Tharasaigh * Gousman * Greanamul * Greanamul Deas * Grèine Sgeir * Grèineam * Grianamul *

Grimsay Grimsay ( gd, Griomasaigh) is a tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Geography Grimsay is the largest of the low-lying stepping-stones which convey the Oitir Mhòr (North Ford) causeway, a arc of single track road linking North Uis ...

* Gròdaigh * Guanan * Gumersam Beag * Gumersam Mhòr * Hairteamul * Hamarsaigh *

Harris Harris may refer to: Places Canada * Harris, Ontario * Northland Pyrite Mine (also known as Harris Mine) * Harris, Saskatchewan * Rural Municipality of Harris No. 316, Saskatchewan Scotland * Harris, Outer Hebrides (sometimes called the Isle of ...

(''part of the larger

Lewis and Harris Lewis and Harris ( gd, Leòdhas agus na Hearadh, sco, Lewis an Harris), or Lewis with Harris, is a single Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides, divided by mountains. It is the largest island in Scotland and the third largest in the British ...

island'') * Haskeir * Hèalam * Heastam Sròmaigh * Heisgeir a-muigh * Heisgeir a-Staigh * Heisgeir Eagach * Heisteamuil * Hellisay *

Hermetray Hermetray ( gd, Theàrnatraigh) is an uninhabited island off North Uist, in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Geography and geology Hermetray lies in the Sound of Harris on the edge of the Minch. It is on the south side of the sound although it is ...

* Hestam * Holaisgeir * Horaigh * Huanaraigh * Hulmatraigh * Iosaigh *

Killegray Killegray is an island in the Sound of Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Geography Situated in the Sound of Harris, a channel of water between North Uist and the Isle of Harris, Killegray is approximately long. The south end of the ...

* Kirkibost * Lamalum * Langa Sgeir *

Lingeigh Lingeigh or Lingay is an unpopulated islet in the Outer Hebrides. It lies towards the southern end of the archipelago, just north of Rosinish and south of Vatersay The island of Vatersay (; gd, Bhatarsaigh) is the southernmost and western ...

(''multiple islands with this name'') * Lingeigh, North Uist * Lingeigh Fhada * Liungaigh * Liursaigh Dubh * Liursaigh Glas * Lonachan * Madadh Beag * Madadh Gruamach * Madadh Mòr * Màitheigh Riabhach * Màitheigh Glas * Mail Dòmhnaich * Maragaidh Beag * Maragaidh Mòr * Màsgeir * Mealla Brù * Mile-sgeir * Mingulay *

Monach Islands The Monach Islands, also known as Heisker ( gd, Eilean Heisgeir / , ), are an island group west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The islands are not to be confused with Hyskeir in the Inner Hebrides, or Haskeir which is also o ...

Muldoanich Muldoanich is an uninhabited island in the Barra Isles archipelago at the southern extremity of the larger island chain of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. The island is in area and rises to a maximum height of at the peak of Cruachan na h-àin ...

* Nàrstaigh *

North Uist North Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Tuath; sco, North Uise) is an island and community in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Etymology In Donald Munro's ''A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland Called Hybrides'' of 1549, North Uist, Benbecula a ...

* Oisteim * Oitir Bheag * Opasaigh * Or Eilean *

Orasaigh This is a list of islands called Oronsay (Scottish Gaelic: '), which provides an index for islands in Scotland with this and similar names. It is one of the more common names for Scottish islands. The names come from ''Örfirisey'' which transla ...

(''multiple islands with this name'') * Orasaigh Uisgeabhagh * Pabbay (Harris) * Pabbay (Barra) * Racaisgeirean * Rangas * Righe nam Bàn * Riobhagan Mhidinis *

Ronay Ronay ( gd, Rònaigh) is an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, which lies a short distance off the east coast of Grimsay. Geography Ronay has a highly indented coastline with Bàgh nan Uamh being the biggest up in the north west. The is ...

* Ròsaigh * Rusgaigh * Saghaigh Beag * Saghaigh Mòr *

Sandray Sandray ( gd, Sanndraigh) is one of the Barra Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. It never had a large population, and has been uninhabited since 1934. It is now known for its large seabird colony. Geography Sandray is half a mile due sou ...

* Sàrstaigh * Scalpay *

Scarp Scarp may refer to: Landforms and geology * Cliff, a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure * Escarpment, a steep slope or long rock that occurs from erosion or faulting and separates two relatively level areas of differing elevatio ...

* Sgarabaigh * Sgeir a' Bhuallt * Sgeir a' Chàil * Sgeir a' Chàise * Sgeir a' Cheòthain * Sgeir a' Chlogaid * Sgeir a' Chuain * Sgeir an Daimh * Sgeir an Fhèidh * Sgeir an Lèim Mhòir * Sgeir an Rubha Mhòir * Sgier Cnoc Easgann * Sgeir Cruaidh * Sgeir Dhomhnaill Chaim * Sgeir Dhubh * Sgeir Dubh Mòr * Sgeir Fhadabhig * Sgeir Fhiaclach Bheag * Sgeir Fhiaclach Mhòr * Sgeir Ghlas * Sgeir Ghobhlach * Sgeir Hal * Sgeir Liath * Sgeir Mhic Coma * Sgeir Mhic Iamain * Sgeir Mhòr * Sgeir Mhurain * Sgeir na Muice * Sgeir na Parlamaid * Sgeir na Snàthaid * Sgeir nam Bàirnichean * Sgeir nan Uibhein * Sgeir Oireabhal * Sgeir Sìne * Sgeir Tarcall * Sgeir Urgha * Sgeirean Fiaclach * Sgeirean Màs a' Mhill * Sgeirislum * Sgeotasaigh *

Shillay Shillay ( gd, Siolaigh) is an uninhabited island which lies 2 km north of Pabbay in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The name is derived from the Norse ''selr-øy'' meaning seal island and is a Scottish Wildlife Trust reserve owing to it ...

* Siolaigh Beag * Siolaigh Mòr * Siusaigh * Sleicham * Snuasamul * Sòdaigh Bheag * Sòdaigh Mòr * Solon Mòr * Solon Beag *

South Uist South Uist ( gd, Uibhist a Deas, ; sco, Sooth Uist) is the second-largest island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. At the 2011 census, it had a usually resident population of 1,754: a decrease of 64 since 2001. The island, in common with the ...

* Spleadhairs * Spuir * Sròmaigh * Stangram * Steisaigh (''multiple islands with this name'') * Stiolamair * Stiughaigh * Stiughaigh na Leum * Stulaigh * Suam * Sùnam * Sùnamul * Sursaigh *

Taigh Iamain Tadhg (, ), (pronunciations given for the name ''Tadgh'' separately from those for the slang/pejorative ''Teague''.) commonly misspelled Taig, "Taig" or "Teague", is an Irish language, Irish and Scottish Gaelic masculine name that was very commo ...

* Taitealach * Taransay * Tathanais * Thamarasaigh * Theisgeir a-muigh * Torogaigh (East) * Torogaigh (West) * Traillisgeir * Triallabreac * Triallabreac Mòr * Treanaigh * Uineasan * Vallay ('' Bhalaigh in Gaelic'') *

Vatersay The island of Vatersay (; gd, Bhatarsaigh) is the southernmost and westernmost inhabited island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, and the settlement of Caolas on the north coast of the island is the westernmost permanently inhabited place in ...

* Wiay File:Borve Standing Stones.JPG, Standing stone on Barra File:Old lazybeds on North Harris.jpg, The '

lazy bed Lazy bed ( ga, ainneor or , gd, feannagan ) is a traditional method of arable cultivation. Rather like cord rig cultivation, parallel banks of ridge and furrow are dug by spade although lazy beds have banks that are bigger, up to in width, ...

s' of Harris File:Looking over North Uist - geograph.org.uk - 857223.jpg, Lakes of North Uist File:Benbecula Beach.jpg, Beach on Benbecula File:South Ridge of Stulabhal - geograph.org.uk - 15963.jpg, Mountains on South Uist File:Eilean na Cille.jpg, Eilean na Cille (at right), Triallabreac and Wiay from the air

=St Kilda and Rockall

= * Am Plastair * Boreray * Bradastac * Dùn * Giasgeir * Hamalan *

Hirta Hirta ( gd, Hiort) is the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland. The names (in Scottish Gaelic) and ''Hirta'' (historically in English) have also been applied to the entire archipelago. Now without a perman ...

* Mina Stac *

* Sgeir nan Sgarbh * Soay *

Stac an Armin Stac an Armin ( gd, Stac an Àrmainn), based on the proper Scottish Gaelic spelling (formerly ''àrmuinn''), is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago. It is 196 metres (643 ft.) tall, qualifying it as a Marilyn. It is the highest sea ...

Stac Biorach Stac Biorach (Scottish Gaelic: "the pointed stack") is a sea stack, 73 metres tall, situated between Hirta and Soay (in the "Sound of Soay") in the St Kilda archipelago of Scotland. It lies west of Stac Shoaigh (Soay Stac) (61 metre ...

* Stac Dona * Stac Lee *

Stac Levenish Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis (sometimes simply called Levenish/Leibhinis) is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago in Scotland. Lying off Village Bay on Hirta, it is part of the rim of an extinct volcano that includes Dùn, Ruaival and ...

* Stac Shoaigh File:Inselsoay.JPG, Soay File:Rockall - geograph.org.uk - 1048791.jpg, Rockall File:Boreray and the Stacs.jpg, Boreray with Stac an Armin (left) and Stac Lee (right)

Coat of arms

Inverness-shire's coat of arms is

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ed: : Azure, in dexter chief a stag's head and in sinister chief a bull's head both erased, and in base a galley, sails furled, oars in action and flagged, all Or. Beneath the shield an escrol bearing this motto: '. The galley represents

Clan Chattan Clan Chattan ( gd, Na Catanaich or gd, Clann Chatain) is a unique confederation of Highland clans. The clan is distinctive in highland clan history in that it was acknowledged to be a community or confederation, of twelve separate Scottish cla ...

, who aligned themselves under the banner of Somerled, Lord of the Isles. The stag's head comes from the crest of the Frasers of Lovat, while the bull's head comes from the crest of the MacLeods of that Ilk. The motto is in Gaelic and means "For the Good of the County".

Local government

1890–1975

Inverness - Highland Council Headquarters (geograph 5000272)

Inverness-shire acquired a

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in 1890, under the

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889 (52 & 53 Vict. c. 50) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889. The main effect of the act was to establish elected county councils in Scotland. In this it foll ...

, and, under the same legislation, boundaries were altered to make the county a single contiguous area, transferring several exclaves of other counties to Inverness-shire. Although the new boundaries were supposed to be valid for all purposes (unlike earlier boundaries, which were really default boundaries and not necessarily those used for any particular purpose), the burghs of Inverness, Fort William,

Kingussie Kingussie ( ; gd, Ceann a' Ghiùthsaich ) is a small town in the Badenoch and Strathspey ward of the Highland council area of Scotland. Counties of Scotland, Historically in Inverness-shire, it lies beside the A9 road (Great Britain), A9 road, ...

, which had their own town councils, retained autonomous status and were for some purposes beyond the writ of the new county council. The town of Inverness had been established as a

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since the mid 12th century, Fort William, originally a Fort of that name built by the Government to keep the Highlanders in their place, around which grew up a village which became in turn Gordonsburgh, Maryburgh, Duncansburgh and latterly the town/burgh of Fort William which had been established as a

burgh of barony A burgh of barony was a type of Scottish town ( burgh). Burghs of barony were distinct from royal burghs, as the title was granted to a landowner who, as a tenant-in-chief, held his estates directly from the crown. (In some cases, they might also ...

since 1618 and

had been established as a burgh of barony since 1464. Also, use of the new boundaries for parliamentary elections was specifically excluded. Inverness-shire County Council was originally based at

Inverness Castle Inverness Castle ( gd, Caisteal Inbhir Nis) sits on a cliff overlooking the River Ness in Inverness, Scotland. A succession of castles have stood on this site since 1057, although the present structure dates from 1836. The present structure is ...

but moved to new offices in Ardross Street in 1963.

1975–1996

The old county councils were abolished by the

Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65) is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that altered local government in Scotland on 16 May 1975. The Act followed and largely implemented the report of the Royal Commission on Local Gove ...

and Scotland was instead governed by a two-tier system of regions and districts. Mainland Inverness-shire was split amongst four districts of the

Highland region Highland ( gd, A' Ghàidhealtachd, ; sco, Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the 2011 census. It share ...

, whilst the county's territory in the Outer Hebrides was transferred to the

council area. * 1. The burgh of Inverness and the Aird and Inverness districts were merged to form the

Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth of the River Ness"; sco, Innerness) is a city in the Scottish Highlands. It is the administrative centre for The Highland Council and is regarded as the capital of the Highlands. Histor ...

Local Government district of the Highland region. * 2. The burgh of Fort William and the Lochaber district were merged with areas from the

county of Argyll Argyll (; archaically Argyle, in modern Gaelic, ), sometimes called Argyllshire, is a historic county and registration county of western Scotland. Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the part of the ancient kingdom of ...

(the Ardnamurchan district and the electoral divisions of Ballachulish and Kinlochleven) to form the

district of the Highland region. * 3. The Skye district was merged with an area from the county of Ross and Cromarty (the South West district) to form the

Skye and Lochalsh Skye and Lochalsh ( gd, 'An t-Eilean Sgitheanach agus Loch Aillse') is one of eight former local government districts of the two-tier Highland region of Scotland. The main offices of the Skye and Lochalsh district council were in Portree, on the ...

district of the Highland region. * 4. The burgh of Kingussie and the Badenoch district were merged with areas from the

county of Moray Moray; ( gd, Moireibh ) or Morayshire, called Elginshire until 1919, is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. It ...

(the burgh of Grantown-on-Spey and the Cromdale district) to form the

Badenoch and Strathspey Badenoch and Strathspey is a former district of Highland region, Scotland. The district was created under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as one of the eight districts of the Highland region. The same legislation abolished countie ...

district of the Highland region. * The Barra, Harris, North Uist, and South Uist districts were merged with areas from the county of

Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty ( gd, Ros agus Cromba), sometimes referred to as Ross-shire and Cromartyshire, is a variously defined area in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. There is a registration county and a lieutenancy area in current use, the lat ...

(the

burgh of Stornoway Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well a ...

and Lewis district) to form the Western Isles council area. Within the Highland region, local government functions were divided between the regional council and the district councils. For example, education was a regional responsibility, and housing was a district responsibility.

1996–present

In 1996, under the

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, the two-tier system was abolished and the

Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

region became a

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. The new unitary

Highland Council The Highland Council (' ), the political body covering the Highland local authority created in 1995, comprises 21 wards, each electing three or four councillors by the single transferable vote system, which creates a form of proportional represe ...

adopted the areas of the former districts as management areas. Each management area was represented, initially, by

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s consisting of

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s elected from areas (groups of local government

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s) corresponding to the management areas, but changes to ward boundaries in 1999 created a mismatch between committee areas and management areas. In 2007, at the time of further changes to ward boundaries, which created 22 multi-member wards instead of 80 single-member wards, the council created a new management structure, with three new corporate management areas and 16 new ward-level management areas. Also, four of the ward-level management areas, covering the seven wards, were grouped to form an Inverness city (or ''Inverness and Area'') management area. The total number of Highland councillors is 80, elected by the

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of election, which is designed to produce a form of

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. Wards in the Inverness city area elect 26 of the 34 council members elected from the Inverness, Nairn and Badenoch and Strathspey corporate management area. The city area has the Nairn ward-level management area to the east, the Badenoch and Strathspey ward-level management area to the east and south, the Ross, Skye and Lochaber corporate management area to the south, west and north, and the

to the north. The city area is similar but not identical to the former district of Inverness.

Civil parishes

Civil parishes are still used for some statistical purposes, and separate census figures are published for them. As their areas have been largely unchanged since the 19th century this allows for comparison of population figures over an extended period of time. In 1854 in Inverness-shire there were 29 civil parishes; 7 part civil parishes; and 5 parliamentary parishes. *

Abernethy and Kincardine Abernethy and Kincardine is a civil parish, and former registration district and ecclesiastical parish, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The name is not in use for any modern administrative entity, but remains as the usual description f ...

Alvie Alvie ( gd, Albhaidh) is a small crofting hamlet, a working Scottish highland estate and civil parish, located on the south shore of Loch Alvie in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Inverness-shire, within the Scottish council area of Highla ...

Ardersier Ardersier ( gd, Àird nan Saor) is a small former fishing village in the Scottish Highlands on the Moray Firth near Fort George, between Inverness and Nairn. Its name may be an anglicisation of the Gaelic "Àird nan Saor", or "Headland of th ...

* Arisaig and Moidart * Barra * Boleskine and Abertarff *

Bracadale Bracadale ( gd, Bracadal) is a settlement and parish on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It lies on the west coast of the island, west-south-west of Portree, on Loch Beag, an inlet off Loch Harport. Nearby settlements include Struan to the west and ...

(on Skye) *

Cawdor Cawdor ( gd, Caladair) is a village and parish in the Highland council area, Scotland. The village is south-southwest of Nairn and east of Inverness. The village is in the Historic County of Nairnshire. History The village is the location o ...

part (now in Nairnshire) *

Cromdale Cromdale ( gd, Cromdhail, from ''crom'' 'crooked' and ''dal'' 'valley, dale') is a village in Strathspey, in the Highland council area of Scotland, and one of the ancient parishes which formed the combined ecclesiastical (later civil) parish ...

, Inverallan and Advie *

Croy, Highland Croy (Gaelic: ''Crothaigh'') is a village between Inverness and Nairn, in the Highland council area in Scotland. The village looks over the Moray Firth and is located a few miles from Inverness Airport. The estimated population of the village is ...

and Dalcross, Highland * Daviot * Dunlichity * Dores * Duirinish (on Skye) *

Duthil Duthil ( gd, Daothal) is a small village, bypassed from the A938 road, at the junction with the road B9007, near Carrbridge in Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Just outside the village lies ...

and Rothiemurchus * Glenelg *

and Bona *

Kilmallie Kilmallie ( gd, Cill Mhàilidh) is a civil parish in Lochaber, in the west highlands of Scotland. It is centered on the village of Caol, near Fort William and extends to Banavie and Corpach. It gives its name to the local shinty club, Kilmallie Sh ...

Kilmonivaig Kilmonivaig ( gd, Cill Mo Naomhaig) is a small village, situated close to the southeast end of Loch Lochy in Spean Bridge, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. Fort William lies approximately 15 m ...

Kilmorack Kilmorack ( gd, Cill Mhòraig) is a small hamlet in Inverness-shire, in the Highlands of Scotland and now in the Highland Council area. It is situated on the north bank of the River Beauly, west of Beauly and west of the city of Inverness. The ...

* Kilmuir (on Skye) *

Kiltarlity Kiltarlity ( gd, Cill Targhlain) is a small village in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is west of Inverness and south of Beauly, on the south bank of the Bruiach Burn. It has a population of under 1,000 people, and a local primary sch ...

and Convinth *

and Insh *

Kirkhill Kirkhill or Kirkhills may refer to a number of places. In Canada: *Kirkhill, Nova Scotia *Kirkhill, Ontario, an area of North Glengarry In Northern Ireland: * Kirkhills, a townland in County Antrim In Scotland: *Kirkhill industrial estate, near D ...

* Laggan or Kinloch Laggan * Moy and Dalarossie *

* Petty *

Portree Portree (; gd, Port Rìgh, ) is the largest town on, and capital of, the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Murray, W.H. (1966) ''The Hebrides''. London. Heinemann. Pages 154-155. It is the location for the only secondary school o ...

(on Skye) * Sleat (on Skye) *

Snizort Snizort is an area of the Isle of Skye comprising the head of Loch Snizort and the western coast of Trotternish Trotternish or Tròndairnis (Scottish Gaelic) is the northernmost peninsula of the Isle of Skye, in Scotland. Its most northerly po ...

(on Skye) *

* Strath (on Skye) * Urquhart and Glenmoriston *

Urray Urray ( gd, Urrath) is a scattered village and coastal parish, consisting of Easter, Old and Wester Urray and is located in the county of Ross in the Scottish council area of the Highland. Urray is also a parish in the district of Wester Ross ...

(partly in Ross-shire; moved there in 1891) Many changes have taken place since the Reformation period: * North Uist was a union of the ancient parishes of Kilmuir and Sand; South Uist of the parishes of Benbecula, Howmore and Kilpeter. *Croy and Dalcross, and Kiltarlity and Convinth, were united c. 1500. * Abernethy and Kincardine, and Urquhart and Glenmoriston, were united at the Reformation. At the same time Petty was formed by the union of the ancient parishes of Petyn and Bracholy (or Brackley). * Boleskine and Abertarff, and Inverness and Bona, and Daviot and Dunlichity, were united in 1618. At the same time Kirkhill was formed by a union of the ancient parishes of Wardlaw and Farnua. * Duthil and Rothiemurchus were united in 1630. * Small Isles was created from Sleat in 1726; unusually, there was no parish church and the congregation met in the schoolhouse on Eigg. There are some indications that Canna and Kildonan (Eigg) may have been medieval parishes at an earlier date. * At some point in the 19th century Arisaig and Moidart was created out of Ardnamurchan parish (the rest of this parish lay in Argyllshire). Arisaig (aka Kilmorie) and another parish, Eilean Fhianain, were medieval parishes united to Ardnamurchan at the Reformation. * Portree was created out of parts of Snizort and Kilmuir parishes in 1726. *Kingussie and Insh, and Moy and Dalarossie, were united at an unknown date. *Minginish (Skye) was absorbed into Bracadale; Trumpan was absorbed into Duirinish; Uig was absorbed into Snizort; Rodel was absorbed into Harris; Kilmaluoc (Raasay) was absorbed into Snizort or Kilmuir.

Transport

Barra Airport Arrivals (geograph 3230484)

The Highland Main Line connects Inverness by rail to

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

to the south,

Kyle of Lochalsh Kyle of Lochalsh (from the Gaelic ''Caol Loch Aillse'', "strait of the foaming loch") is a village in the historic county of Ross-shire on the northwest coast of Scotland, located around west-southwest of Inverness. It is located on the L ...

to the west and

Thurso Thurso (pronounced ; sco, Thursa, gd, Inbhir Theòrsa ) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Gr ...

Wick Wick most often refers to: * Capillary action ("wicking") ** Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp ** Solder wick, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts Wick or WICK may also refer to: Places and placename ...

to the north. The

West Highland Line The West Highland Line ( gd, Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean - "Iron Road to the Isles") is a railway line linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban in the Scottish Highlands to Glasgow in Central Scotland. The line was voted the top rail journey in the ...

connects Fort William to

Mallaig Mallaig (; gd, Malaig derived from Old Norse , meaning sand dune bay) is a port in Lochaber, on the west coast of the Highlands of Scotland. The local railway station, Mallaig, is the terminus of the West Highland railway line (Fort Willi ...

. The Inverness to

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main line also serves

Nairn Nairn (; gd, Inbhir Narann) is a town and royal burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around east of Inverness, at the point where the River Nairn enters the Moray Firth. It is the tradit ...

within the

's area. The Isle of Skye is connected to the mainland by a

bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually someth ...

from

in Ross-shire. Various bus companies serve the larger towns of the county, such as

Stagecoach Group Stagecoach Group is a transport group based in Perth, Scotland. It operates buses, express coaches and a tram service in the United Kingdom. History Stagecoach was born out of deregulation of the British express coach market in the early ...

and

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. Shiel Buses operate local buses in the Fort William area. Stagecoach operate several bus routes on the Isle of Skye. Numerous ferries connect the islands of the Outer Hebrides to each other and also the Inner Hebrides and the Scottish mainland. There are three airports in the county:

and Barra. All three operate flights within Scotland, with Inverness also providing flights to other cities in the UK as well as some destinations in Europe. Barra Airport is famous within aviation circles as it is the only airport in the world where scheduled flights use a beach as the runway.

Settlements

Mainland

* Abriachan *

The Aird The Aird (from the Scottish Gaelic: ''An Àird'' (IPA: �anˈaːɾʃt̪ meaning "The High Place") is an area of the County of Inverness, to the west of the City of Inverness. It is situated to the south of the River Beauly and the Beauly Firth, an ...

* Altrua *

* Arisaig *

Aviemore Aviemore (; gd, An Aghaidh Mhòr ) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area. The town is po ...

* Ballifeary * Balloch *

Balnafettack Balnafettack ( gd, Baile nam Feadag: Farm of the Plovers) is an area in the north west of Inverness located in the Scottish Highlands. It is named after the farm upon which the present residential housing is built. It sits above Scorguie and w ...

Beauly Beauly ( ; ; gd, A' Mhanachainn) is a village in the Highland area, on the River Beauly, west of Inverness by the Far North railway line. The town is historically within Kilmorack Parish of the Scottish County of Inverness. The land around B ...

Boat of Garten Boat of Garten ( gd, Coit a' Ghartain; originally: Garten) is a small village and post town in Badenoch and Strathspey, Highland, Scotland. In 1951, the population was less than 400; in 1971, it was almost 500; in 1981, it was almost 700, and the ...

Bught The Bught ( ; gd, Am Bucht) is an area of the Scottish city of Inverness. A "bught" is defined in the Dictionary of the Scots Language as follows "Bowcht, Bucht, n. Also: boucht; bowght, bought. lem. bocht, bucht, inclosure for swine, sheep, e ...

* Bunree *

Cannich Cannich (Gaelic: ''Canaich'') is a village at the southern end of Strathglass, in the Highlands of Scotland, about west of the city of Inverness. It is at the furthest point of the A831 that loops around the Aird from Beauly to Drumnadrochit. I ...

Carrbridge Carrbridge ( sco, Carrbrig, gd, Drochaid Chàrr) is a village in Badenoch and Strathspey in the Scottish Highlands. It lies off the A9 on the A938, west of Skye of Curr and southeast of Tomatin, near Bogroy. It has the oldest stone bridge i ...

* Clachnaharry *

Cradlehall Cradlehall was originally the name given to the hall built by Major William Caulfield, later known as cradlehall farmhouse. Today it is a residential area in the east of Inverness Inverness (; from the gd, Inbhir Nis , meaning "Mouth ...

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* Croy * Culcabock * Culduthel * Culloden * Dalneigh * Dalwhinnie * Dores * Drakies *

Drumnadrochit Drumnadrochit (; gd, Druim na Drochaid) is a village in the Highland local government council area of Scotland, lying near the west shore of Loch Ness at the foot of Glen Urquhart. The village is close to several neighbouring settlements: the v ...

Dulnain Bridge Dulnain Bridge ( gd, Drochaid Thulnain) is a village in Strathspey, Scotland, Strathspey, next to the meeting of the River Dulnain and the River Spey, three miles south-west of Grantown-on-Spey, in the Scottish Highlands and the Highland (council ...

* Fort Augustus * Fort William * Foyers * Glenelg *

Glenfinnan Glenfinnan ( gd, Gleann Fhionnain ) is a hamlet in Lochaber area of the Highlands of Scotland. In 1745 the Jacobite rising began here when Prince Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") raised his standard on the shores of Loch Shiel ...

* Haugh * Highbridge * Hilton * Holm * Inchmore * Insh * Inshes * Inverfarigaig * Invergarry *

Inverie Inverie (; ) is the main village on the Knoydart peninsula in the Scottish Highlands. It is located on the north side of Loch Nevis and, although on the mainland of Britain, the network of single-track roads surrounding the village is not conne ...

* Inverlochy *

Invermoriston Invermoriston (''Inbhir Mhoireastain'' in Gaelic) () is a small village north of Fort Augustus, Highland, Scotland. The village is on the A82 road, at a junction with the A887. The village's most visited attraction is the Thomas Telford bri ...

* Kilvean *

Kincraig Kincraig ( gd, Ceann na Creige) is a village located north of Kingussie and south of Aviemore in Highland, Scotland. Its original name was Boat of Inch, reflecting the ferry boat crossing of the Spey River that once operated here. The name was ...

* Kinlochmore *

Kinmylies Kinmylies ( ) is an area in the west end of the city of Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The area sits between the side of the hill Craig Phadrig (Gaelic for Patrick's Rock); and the Caledonian Canal. The local football team was Caledonian ...

Laggan, Badenoch Laggan (Gaelic: ''Lagan'' ) is a village in Badenoch, in the Highland region of Scotland. It is beside the River Spey, about 10 km west of Newtonmore. The A86 road passes through the village and crosses the river on a nearby bridge. It is ...

* Laggan, Great Glen * Leachkin *

Lochailort Lochailort ( , gd, Ceann Loch Ailleart) is a hamlet in Scotland that lies at the head of Loch Ailort, a sea loch, on the junction of the Road to the Isles ( A830) between Fort William and Mallaig with the A861 towards Salen and Strontian. ...

Lochardil Lochardil (/lɒx ardɪl/) (from the Scottish Gaelic: Loch Àrdail meaning the Church Lake) is a residential area in the West of Inverness. The area has an abundance of green spaces, notably MacDonald Park and Lochardil Woods. The local school ...

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Merkinch Merkinch (Scottish Gaelic: ''Marc-Innis'', meaning "Island of the Horse") is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. One of the oldest neighbourhoods in Inverness, it's situated in the city's north-west flanke ...

* Millburn *

Milton of Leys Milton of Leys (Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile Muilinn an Leigheis'', meaning "Mill-Farm of Medicine" ) is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It lies on high ground overlooking the Moray Firth, 3 miles (5 ...

* Moy *

Muir of Ord Muir of Ord ( gd, Am Blàr Dubh) is a village in Easter Ross, in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated near the western end of the Black Isle, about west of the city of Inverness and south of Dingwall. The village has a populati ...

(''shared with Ross-shire'') * Muirtown *

Nethy Bridge Nethy may refer to: * Nethy Bridge, village in Strathspey in the Highland council area of Scotland * River Nethy, right bank tributary of the River Spey See also * Netty (disambiguation) {{place name disambiguation ...

Newtonmore Newtonmore ( gd, Baile Ùr an t-Sléibh ) is a village in the Highland council area of Scotland. The village is only a few miles from a location that is claimed to be the exact geographical centre of Scotland. Activities *Shinty - The town is ...

North Ballachulish The village of Ballachulish ( or , from Scottish Gaelic ) in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, is centred on former slate quarries. The name Ballachulish (Ballecheles, 1522 – Straits town) was more correctly applied to the area now called No ...

Onich Onich (; Gaelic: ''Omhanaich'', 'abounding in froth, frothy place'), also spelled Ounich, is a village in the historic county of Inverness-shire on the east shore of Loch Linnhe, Scotland and, together with North Ballachulish at the entrance to ...

* Raigmore *

Roybridge Roybridge (Scottish Gaelic: ''Drochaid Ruaidh'', "the bridge over the Roy") is a small village, that lies at the confluence of the rivers River Roy and River Spean, located east of Spean Bridge, in Kilmonivaig Parish, Inverness-shire, Scottis ...

Scorguie Scorguie (; gd, Sgor Gaoithe, meaning "The Windy Ridge") is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated in the city's north-west, on the west bank of the Caledonian Canal, and is often considered a ...

* Smithton *

South Kessock South Kessock (Scottish Gaelic: ''Ceasag a Deas'', meaning "Ceasag's Place") is an area of the city of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It is situated to the city's north at the mouth of the River Ness. It is a traditionally w ...

Spean Bridge Spean Bridge ( gd, Drochaid an Aonachain) is a village in the parish of Kilmonivaig, in Lochaber in the Highland region of Scotland. The village takes its name from the Highbridge over the River Spean on General Wade's military road between ...

Struy Struy ( gd, An t-Srùigh or gd, Sruidh) is a small village at the end of Glen Strathfarrar, about 15 km south-west of Beauly in the Highland council area of Scotland. Description The confluence of the River Farrar and the River Glass is ...

Tomatin Tomatin ( gd, Tom Aitinn) is a small village on the River Findhorn in Strathdearn in the Scottish Highlands, about southeast of the city of Inverness. The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic name ''Tom Aitinn'' (hill of juniper). The river Fi ...

* Tomich * Upper Achintore * Westhill

Islands

* Achachork (Skye) *

Aird of Sleat Aird of Sleat ( gd, Àird Shlèite) is a village on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. It is at the southern end of the Sleat peninsula, southeast of Ardvasar and Armadale, at the end of a minor road. Lying from Point of Sleat, it is the southernm ...

(Skye) * Allasdale (Barra) *

Amhuinnsuidhe Amhuinnsuidhe ( gd, Abhainn Suidhe) is a settlement on the Harris, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Harris. Amhuinnsuidhe is centred on the country house, Amhuinnsuidhe Castle, which is adjacent to the ...

(Harris) * Ardhasaig (Harris) * Ardheisker (North Uist) * Ardmore (Barra) * Ardvasar (Skye) *

Ardveenish Ardveenish ( gd, Àird Mhèanais) is a village on Barra Barra (; gd, Barraigh or ; sco, Barra) is an island in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland, and the second southernmost inhabited island there, after the adjacent island of Vatersay to w ...

(Barra) * Armadale (Skye) * Ashaig (Skye) *

Askernish Askernish ( gd, Àisgearnais, Aisgernis) is a crofting community on South Uist, in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Askernish is in the parish of South Uist, and is situated on the A865 north of Daliburgh. The Askernish golf course, designed by Old ...

(South Uist) * Auratote (South Uist) * Bail' Iochdrach (Benbecula) * Baile Glas (Grimsay) * Balgarva (South Uist) * Balivanich (Benbecula) * Bernisdale (Skye) * Bogach (Barra) * Bornesketaig (Skye) *

Boreraig Boreraig ( gd, Boraraig) is a deserted township in Strath Swordale (''Srath Shuardail'') on the north shore of Loch Eishort (''Loch Eiseort'') in the parish of Strath, Isle of Skye, Scotland. History Early history Boreraig, lying in a green a ...

(Skye) * Bornish (South Uist) *

Borreraig Borreraig ( gd, Boraraig) is a crofting settlement in Duirinish, Skye, Duirinish, north-west of Dunvegan on the Isle of Skye. The ancient and famous MacCrimmon (piping family), MacCrimmon Piping Heritage Centre is based in the village, where the c ...

(Skye) * Borrodale (Skye) * Borsham (Harris) * Borve (Barra) * Borve (Harris) * Borve (Skye) *

(Skye) * Brevig (Barra) * Broadford (Skye) * Brogaig (Skye) *

Bualintur Bualintur ( gd, Buaile an Todhair) is a remote township, which lies at the head of Loch Brittle on the island of Skye in the Highlands of Scotland and is in the Scottish council area of Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevat ...

(Skye) * Camastianavaig (Skye) *

Camuscross Camuscross ( gd, Camus Croise) is a small crofting township on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Camuscross is situated on Camus Croise bay, on the west shore of the Sound of Sleat, in the Highland Council area. It lies close to the village of Isle ...

(Skye) *Caolas (Vatersay) *Carbost, Loch Harport, Carbost (Loch Harport, Skye) *Carbost, Trotternish, Carbost (Trotternish, Skye) *Carinish (North Uist) *Castlebay (Barra) *Claigan (Skye) *Cleadale (Eigg) *Colbost (Skye) *Daliburgh (South Uist) *Drumfearn (Skye) *Drynoch (Skye) *Dunan, Skye, Dunan (Skye) *Duntulm (Skye) *Dunvegan (Skye) *Eabost (Skye) *Edinbane (Skye) *Elgol (Skye) *Ellishadder (Skye) *Eynort (Skye) *Eyre, Skye, Eyre (Skye) *Fasach (Skye) *Feorlig (Skye) *Ferindonald (Skye) *Fiskavaig (Skye) *Flashader (Skye) *Flodigarry (Skye) *Galmisdale (Eigg) *Galtrigill (Skye) *Garafad (Skye) *Geary, Skye, Geary (Skye) *Gedintailor (Skye) *Gillen, Skye, Gillen (Skye) *Glendale, Skye, Glendale (Skye) *Halistra (Skye) *Harlosh (Skye) *Heaste (Skye) *Howmore (South Uist) *Hushinish (Harris) *Inverarish (Raasay) *Iochdar (South Uist) *Isleornsay (Skye) *Kensaleyre (Skye) *Kilaulay (South Uist) *Kilbride, Skye, Kilbride (Skye) *Kilmaluag (Skye) *Kilmarie (Skye) *Kilmore, Skye, Kilmore (Skye) * Kilmuir (Skye) *Kilvaxter (Skye) *Kingsburgh, Skye, Kingsburgh (Skye) *Kyleakin (Skye) *Kylerhea (Skye) *Lealt, Skye, Lealt (Skye) *Leverburgh (Harris) *Lochboisdale (South Uist) *Lochmaddy (North Uist) *Lower Breakish (Skye) *Luib, Skye, Luib (Skye) *Luskentyre (Harris) *Milovaig (Skye) *Mugeary (Skye) *Newtonferry (North Uist) *Northbay (Barra) *Nunton, Benbecula, Nunton (Benbecula) *Ollach (Skye) *Ose, Skye, Ose (Skye) *Peinachorran (Skye) *Portnalong (Skye) *

(Skye) *Ramasaig (Skye) *Rèinigeadal (Harris) *Roag, Skye, Roag (Skye) *Rodel (Harris) *Sconser (Skye) *Skeabost (Skye) *Sligachan (Skye) *Staffin (Skye) *Stoneybridge (South Uist) *Ose, Skye, Stein (Skye) *Sollas (North Uist) *Struan, Skye, Struan (Skye) *Suladale (Skye) *Talisker (Skye) *Tarbert, Harris, Tarbert (Harris) *Tarskavaig (Skye) *Teangue (Skye) *Tigharry (North Uist) *Torrin (Skye) *Totaig (Skye) *Tote, Skye, Tote (Skye) *Treaslane (Skye) *Trumpan (Skye) *Uachdar (Benbecula) *Uig, Duirinish, Uig (Duirinish, Skye) *Uig, Snizort, Uig (Snizort, Skye) *Uigshader (Skye) *Ullinish (Skye) *Upper Breakish (Skye) *Vatten, Skye, Vatten (Skye)

Parliamentary constituencies

There was an Inverness-shire (UK Parliament constituency), Inverness-shire constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain (Palace of Westminster, Westminster) from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (also at Westminster) from 1801 to 1918. The constituency represented, nominally, the county of Inverness minus the parliamentary burgh of Inverness, which was represented as a component of the Inverness Burghs (UK Parliament constituency), Inverness District of Burghs constituency. In 1918 the county constituency was divided between two new constituencies, the Inverness (UK Parliament constituency), Inverness constituency and the Western Isles (UK Parliament constituency), Western Isles constituency. The Inverness constituency included the burgh of Inverness, other components of the district of burghs being divided between the Moray and Nairn (UK Parliament constituency), Moray and Nairn constituency and the Ross and Cromarty (UK Parliament constituency), Ross and Cromarty constituency. In 1983, eight years after the local government county of Inverness had been divided between the

region and the

council area, three new constituencies were created to cover the Highland region. The region, until 1996, and the unitary Highland council area, 1996 to present, have been covered by three constituencies since then but there were changes to boundaries and names in 1997 and 2005. In 1999 the areas of the Westminster constituencies became also constituencies of the Scottish Parliament (Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood). The boundaries of Scottish Parliament constituencies have not altered since then. The Holyrood constituencies are within the Highlands and Islands (Scottish Parliament electoral region), Highlands and Islands electoral region. Since 1983, ''Inverness'' has appeared in the names of Westminster and Holyrood constituencies as tabled below.

Westminster constituencies

Holyrood constituencies

References

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