Back Glenelg (lungsod) CEB Glenelg German Glenelg (Highland) Basque Gleann Eilg Irish Gleann Eilg, Gàidhealtachd Scots/Gaelic Glenelg (Schotland) Dutch Glenelg SCO Glenelg (ort) Swedish
Glenelg
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 Glenelg with village shop at left, part of a category B listed building | |
  Glenelg Location within the Ross and Cromarty area | |
| Population | 1,507 (2001) |
| OS grid reference | NG8119 |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KYLE |
| Postcode district | IV40 |
| Dialling code | 01599 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Glenelg (Scottish Gaelic: Glinn Eilg,[1] also Gleann Eilg[2]) is a scattered community area and civil parish in the Lochalsh area of Highland in western Scotland. Despite the local government reorganisation the area is considered by many still to be in Inverness-shire, the boundary with Ross-shire (where the post town of Kyle of Lochalsh is situated) being at the top of Mam Ratagan ("Ratagan Gap" or "pass") the single-track road entry into Glenelg.
The main village is called Kirkton of Glenelg and commonly referred to as "Glenelg". There is a smaller hamlet less than one mile (two kilometres) to the south by the jetty and skirting Glenelg Bay known as Quarry. There are several other clusters of houses scattered over Glenelg including up Glen Beag and Glen More and on the road leading to the ferry at Kyle Rhea. The parish covers a large area including Knoydart, North Morar and the ferry port of Mallaig.[3] At the 2001 census it had a population of 1,507.[4] The smaller "settlement zone" around Kirkton had a population of 283.[5] In 2011 Highland Council estimated that the community of Glenelg and Arnisdale had a population of 291.[6]
- ^ "Gaelic Place-Names of Scotland database". Ainmean-Àite na h-Alba. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Scottish Parliament: Placenames collected by Iain Mac an Tailleir" (PDF).[permanent dead link])
- ^ "Map of Parishes in the County of Inverness". Scotlands Family.
- ^ "Usual Resident Population: Glenelg". Scotland's Census Results Online. General Register Office for Scotland. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "2001 Census Profile for Glenelg". Highland Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.
- ^ "Community Councils: Total Population" (PDF). Highland Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2012.