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Lerwick (/ ˈ l ɛ r ɪ k / or / ˈ l ɜː r w ɪ k /; Old Norse: Leirvik; Norn: Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland. Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick had a population of about 7,000 residents in 2010. [3] It is the northernmost major settlement within the United Kingdom.
Lerwick is Shetland's largest settlement Mainland, Shetland Unst. Shetland is around 106 miles (170 kilometres) north of Great Britain and 143 mi (230 km) west of Bergen, Norway. It covers an area of 567 sq mi (1,468 km 2) and has a coastline 1,679 mi (2,702 km) long. [19] Lerwick, the capital and largest settlement, has a population of 6,958.
Before the oil boom of the 1970s, Sound was a sparsely populated area, consisting of a few small settlements to the south and west of Clickimin Loch.. With the discovery of oil in the North Sea, the population increase of Shetland, and in particular Lerwick, necessitated the construction of council estates in the Sound area. [5]
A list of populated places in the Shetland Islands: A Aith Aithsetter Assater Aywick B Baltasound Basta Belmont Biggings Bigton Billister Bixter Boddam Bousta Brae Braehoulland Braewick Breiwick Bremirehoull Brettabister Bridge End Bridge of Walls Brindister Brough, Bressay Brough, South Nesting Brough, Whalsay Browland Burrafirth Burrastow Burravoe C Catfirth Challister Channerwick Clate ...
Population: 18,765 [3] Population rank: 2 ... The island contains Shetland's only burgh, Lerwick, and is the centre of Shetland's ferry and air connections. Geography
Stained-glass windows inside Lerwick Town Hall. For much of the 19th century meetings of the local council were held in the Parish Kirk in Queens Lane. [2] After a period of rapid population expansion in Lerwick associated with the growth in the herring industry, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built town hall: a site on the north Hillhead was selected.
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Map of places in Shetland compiled from this list The List of places in Shetland is a list for any island, town, village or hamlet in the Shetland Islands council area of Scotland.