Balivanich
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Balivanich Scottish Gaelic Baile a 'Mhanaich |
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| Coordinates | 57 ° 28 ′ N , 7 ° 23 ′ W | ||
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| Post town | ISLE OF BENBECULA | ||
| ZIP code section | HS7 | ||
| prefix | 01870 | ||
| Part of the country | Scotland | ||
| Council area | Outer Hebrides | ||
| British Parliament | Na h-Eileanan to Iar | ||
| Scottish Parliament | Na h-Eileanan to Iar | ||
Balivanich ( Scottish Gaelic : Baile a 'Mhanaich ) is a village on the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides off the west coast of Scotland . It is the main center of Benbecula. The name means "city of the monk" and probably refers to a monastery founded here possibly as early as the 6th century, to which the teampull Chaluim Chille could have belonged, a small church dedicated to Columban of Iona , the ruins of which are still south of the village today can still be seen. The chamber tomb Airidh na h-aon Oidche is located in Balivanich.
Geography and climate
Balivanich is located on the north west coast of Benbecula in a largely flat area (0 to 10 meters above sea level ). On the cut-off date of the census on April 29, 2001, the village area covered 3.76 km².
The local weather is characterized by almost constant, moist, cool westerly winds. Nevertheless, the foothills of the Gulf Stream ensure an overall mild climate all year round without any particular temperature fluctuations. Severe frosts are rare; the annual averages range from approx. 5 ° C in January to approx. 14 ° C in August. Spread over the year, around 1,200 mm of precipitation falls, with May being the driest month with an average of 10 rainy days. In December, precipitation falls on an average of 22 days in Balivanich, which is more than in the other months.
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Religion and funeral services
Meaningful statistics on religious affiliations in Balivanich have not yet been published by the Scottish authorities, as they might enable the identification of individual residents. The following figures are available for the island of Benbecula, of which Balivanich is the most populous settlement: In the 2001 census, 42.75% of the respondents declared themselves to be members of the Roman Catholic Church , 33.31% of the Protestant Church of Scotland , and 8.25 % said they were members of another Christian denomination . 11.85% did not feel they belonged to any religion .
Christians go to worship in surrounding communities, since today's Balivanich has no churches . The closest Protestant (Church of Scotland) and Roman Catholic places of worship are in neighboring Griminish . There is a funeral home in Balivanich ; However, funerals take place in the settlement of Nunton , south of the village . The cemetery of Nunton, Cladh Mhuire , is divided into two parts by the B892, the eastern, old part with some war graves from both world wars and the new part to the west of the road, which is now mostly used. According to an information board placed there, Cladh Mhuire is the only site still in use on Benbecula with an early Christian reference (possibly founded in the time of Columban of Iona in the 6th century).
Transportation
Balivanich is connected via the B892 to the north-south main traffic axis A865 , which connects North Uist , Benbecula and South Uist . The village is served by the W17 bus line , which runs between Berneray in the north and Eriskay in the south. This service is provided by the regional administration for the Western Isles (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar) in cooperation with local bus companies and the postal bus service. In view of the small population, the buses run regularly but not particularly frequently.
A rail network does not exist; several private taxi companies complement the bus service. There is also a scheduled door-to-door transport service for the elderly and people with reduced mobility, which uses minibuses to go to shops, banks, post offices and other important everyday needs.
Balivanich is part of the Inverness Vehicle Registration District . Vehicles located in Balivanich receive license plates with the origin code SX or SY.
Benbecula Airport (Port-adhair Bheinn na Faoghla; IATA : BEB, ICAO : EGPL) is located on the northern edge of the town . The operating company is Highlands and Islands Airports Limited , based in Inverness.
The flight operations include scheduled flights to the mainland ( Inverness via Stornoway and Glasgow International ) and mail freight flights. Furthermore, due to its central location not far from the hospital, the airport is used as a landing pad for rescue helicopters and airplanes. Occasionally, machines of the Royal Air Force also land for refueling or for transport and logistics purposes.
Postal service
Letters and parcels are delivered in Balivanich by Royal Mail and some private courier companies. The post office, which was located in the center of the village until the beginning of 2016, has since been integrated into one of the local supermarkets and is open Monday to Sunday during the day. Royal Mail chartered a Loganair plane to fly their mail from Balivanich to the mainland, while the private courier services usually transport their freight in vans or trucks by ferry.
School system
As the old primary school (primary school) was heavily damaged during a storm, visit children from Balivanich and surrounding communities since August 2011, the built elsewhere new Balivanich School (Sgoil Bhaile a 'Mhanaich) . Approx. 140 boys and girls aged 1 - 12 are looked after or taught there in 3 pre-school and 6 primary school classes. A secondary school (secondary school) is located in the neighboring Liniclate .
hospital
The Uist and Barra Hospital (Ospadal Uibhist agus Bharraigh) is located in Balivanich . The hospital, which opened in 2001, has 29 beds and makes an important contribution to the medical care of the population on the southern islands of the Outer Hebrides. In addition to an emergency room ("A&E") , the hospital offers an outpatient specialist service, obstetrics (first-time mothers are, however, regularly referred to hospitals on the mainland or the Western Isles Hospital in Stornoway) and - in the absence of sufficient nursing home places in Uist - in individual cases also inpatient long-term care for seniors .
While minor surgical procedures are performed on site, the hospital does not have an intensive care unit ; Patients with more serious injuries or illnesses are transferred by rescue aircraft or helicopter to appropriately equipped clinics on the mainland or in Stornoway.
Individual evidence
- ^ Catriona Garbutt, Jean Newman: Teampull Chaluim Chille - Balivanich's Scheduled Monument In: Am Pàipear No. 315, April 2012, pp. 20-21.
- ↑ Census data for Balivanich (2001) ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b joint website of the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the Norwegian broadcaster NRK
- ^ Website of the British Weather Service (MetOffice)
- ↑ "info" button on the "Scotland's Census Results OnLine" website ( memento of the original from March 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Scotland's Census Results OnLine" website ( memento of the original from March 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Bus timetables for the Western Isles ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Tagsa Uibhist website ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ HIAL website ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Announcement on the Facebook page of the supermarket
- ↑ Article on bbc.co.uk
- ↑ Press release from Loganair ( Memento of the original from May 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from August 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ School manual of the Balivanich School ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ( MS Word ; 1.9 MB)
- ↑ website of Sgoil Lionacleit
- ^ NHS Western Isles website
