Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas) is the northern part of the independent island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. Its independent class action settlement, a exclusively burgh on the Outer Hebrides, is Stornoway, from which ferries sail to Ullapool on the Scottish mainland. In the 2001 nosecount Lewis experienced the normally resident people of 16,872. Inside Scotland's traditional counties, Lewis is a portion of Ross-shire (Ross and Cromarty).

A island's settlements come in or even touching a coasts or sea lochs, being particularly revolve around the northwards east coast. A interior of the island occurs as big vicinity of moor from either which peat was traditionally cut as fuel, although this practice has turn into rarer. A southern section of the island, adjoining Harris, is more mountainous with inland lochs. A island of Bernera (Great Bernera) in the district of Uig is linked to the mainland of Lewis by a bridge opened around 1953.

A independent industries come fishing, tourism, crafts (including the manufacture of Harris tweed), and crofting. Religiin is crucial on Lewis, by using lot of the people belonging to the Free Church and Church of Scotland. A Sabbath is generally found by owning virtually all shops & commissioned premiss closed thereon day, although there is a scheduled air service to mainland Scotland.

Attractions on a island include the Callanish standing stones, the Clach an Truiseil monolith, the thirteenth century Teampull Mholuaidh church, the Butt of Lewis cliffs and lighthouse and the broch at Doune Carloway. A Lewis chessmen were found on the island around 1831.

Virtually all of the toponym in Lewis & Harris come from Old Norse. A title Lewis can are from either Leod who used to rule a island in a 12th century or even can be from either the Gaelic word for "peat-covered".

Parishes and Districts of Lewis

There are 4 parishes: Barvas (Barabhas), Lochs (Na Lochan), Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh), & Uig (Uig)) in which a original civil registration territorial dominion were depending. the territorial dominion of Carloway (Càrlabhagh) (when a village of that title) which til now got fallen partially inside a parishes of Lochs & Uig, became a separate civil registration district around 1859. A districts of Lewis come Cape (Nis), Carloway (Càrlabhagh), Back (Am Bac), Lochs (Na Lochan), Park (Am Pairc), Point (An Rubha), Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh) itself, & Uig (Uig). These designations come traditional & within utilise per entire people. A West Side is a generic designation for a area covering the villages from either Arnol to Shawbost. For civil registration purposes Lochs (Nthe Lochan) is present split into Northward Lochs (Nthe Lochan a Tuath) & South Lochs (Na Lochan a Deas).

Back including Tolsta, Coll Ness including Habost, Port of Ness North Lochs including Balallan, Crossbost, Leurbost Park including Gravir Point including Aignish, Lower Bayble, Portnaguran, Upper Bayble, Tiumpan Head South Lochs Stornoway Uig including Cliff, Kneep, Timsgarry West Side including Arnol, Ballantrushal, Barvas, Bragar, Breasclete, Brue, Callanish, Carloway, Garenin, Shawbost

These are claimed you might look at all a areas of Lewis from either the top of Stornoway War Memorial!

Flag
A Lewis flag is one of a virtually all curious of the Hebridean flags. A blue & whiten stripes come said to represent a heptad traditional areas of Lewis: Back (Am Bac), Lochs (Na Lochan), Cape (Nis), Point (An Rubha). Uig (Uig), West Side (An Taobh Siar) & a independent town, Stornoway (Steòrnabhagh). Blue & whiten stripes come besides utilized on the Harris flag.