| Scottish Gaelic name | Flodaigh |
|---|---|
| Meaning of name | "Float island", from Norse |
| Location | |
  FlodaighFlodaigh shown within the Outer Hebrides | |
| OS grid reference | NF846553 |
| Coordinates | 57°29′N 7°16′W / 57.48°N 7.26°W / 57.48; -7.26 |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Uists and Barra |
| Area | 145 hectares (360 acres) |
| Area rank | 124= |
| Highest elevation | 20 m |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 7 |
| Population rank | 72= |
| Population density | 4.8 people/km |
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| References | |
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 refers to the island by its anglicised name of "Flodda".
Notes and references
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
57°28′43″N 7°15′44″W / 57.47861°N 7.26222°W / 57.47861; -7.26222
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