Welcome to Highland

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The Highland Council area represents a third of the land area of Scotland, including the most remote and sparsely populated parts of the United Kingdom. It has the 7th highest population of the 32 authorities in Scotland (235,540) but the lowest population density at 8 persons per square kilometre.

The geography of the Highlands is diverse ranging from fertile farmland around the Black Isle and Cromarty Firth; dramatic seascapes on the west and north coasts; some of the tallest mountains in the British Isles (including the tallest, Ben Nevis, Lochaber); and the largest blanket bog in Europe (Flow country, Sutherland).

Contact: John Saich (Project Officer)