Achiltibuie

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Achiltibuie
Scottish Gaelic Aichillidh Bhuidhe
Post office in Achiltbuie
Post office in Achiltbuie
Coordinates 58 ° 1 ′  N , 5 ° 21 ′  W Coordinates: 58 ° 1 ′  N , 5 ° 21 ′  W
Achiltibuie (Scotland)
Achiltibuie
Achiltibuie
Residents 270 (2011 census)
administration
Post town ULLAPOOL
ZIP code section IV26
prefix 01854
Part of the country Scotland
Council area Highland
British Parliament Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Scottish Parliament Caithness, Sutherland and Ross

Achiltibuie ( Scottish Gaelic : Aichillidh Bhuidhe ) is a village in the Highland Council Area in Scotland . The place is about 16 kilometers north of Ullapool and southwest of Lochinver in the very sparsely populated region of Wester Ross , which belonged to the former county of Ross-shire . The main economic factors of the place are sheep farming and tourism.

In 2011 there were 270 people in Achiltibuie. The village is the largest place on the Coigach peninsula . In the vicinity are the places Polbain, Reiff, Brae of Achnahaird and Culnacraig.

The place is on Badentarbat Bay , which is part of the Minch , a strait between the Scottish mainland and the Isle of Lewis . In Badentarbat Bay are the Summer Isles , which can only be reached by ship and of which only one island is inhabited.

In Germany the place through the column has mail from Achiltibuie by Reiner Luyken in the weekly newspaper The time achieved a certain notoriety. In Achiltibuie, Luyken's book Schotten dich also plays .

particularities

Achiltibuie is the Hydroponicum , a unique greenhouse, exclusively as in the plant hydroponics are bred. There is also a Michelin-starred hotel, several bed and breakfasts and the Brochs of Coigach designed by award-winning architect Stuart Bagshaw . In addition, the film The Eagle of the Ninth Legion was shot in Achiltibuie and the surrounding area (for example Old Dornie) in October 2009 .

Web links

Commons : Achiltibuie  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census data
  2. ↑ Bulkheads: News from Scotland and Achiltibuie . Ullstein, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-548-37578-6 .