Flodaigh

Flodaigh

Flodaigh

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For other places with the same name, see Flodday.

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.

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Flodaigh with Eaval on North Uist behind.

The island is 145 hectares and in 2001 had a population of 11[1] and 7 in 2011.[3] The census refers to the island by its anglicised name of "Flodda".

Notes and references

  1. [1]
    General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. [2]
    Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. [3]
    National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. [4]
    Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  5. [5]
    Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.

57°28′43″N 7°15′44″W


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