Scoraig

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Scoraig ({{langx|gd|Sgoraig}}) is a settlement located on a remote peninsula between Little Loch Broom and Loch Broom, north-west of Ullapool in Ross and Cromarty, Highland, Scotland.

The 1871 census recorded more than 380 Gaelic-speaking inhabitants of Scoraig. Today it is known for its remoteness (reachable only by boat or about five miles' walk),{{cite news | title=Pupil ferries in the Highlands to go out to tender | newspaper=BBC News Scotland online | date=6 December 2011 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16031947 | accessdate=6 December 2011}} its somewhat "alternative" atmosphere,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-45046023|title = The remote UK community living off-grid|work = BBC News|date = 19 November 2018}} organic food production, and its pioneering use of wind power.

There is a primary school, which in 2015 had five pupils,{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13651474.Remote_school_with_just_five_pupils_needs_a_new_teacher/|title=Remote school with just five pupils needs a new teacher|first=Andrew|last=Denholm|date=8 September 2015|accessdate=9 September 2015|newspaper=The Herald|publisher=Herald & Times Group|place=Glasgow}} and in 2018, seven. Most children over the age of 14 go to Ullapool High School,{{Cite web|url=https://www.highland.gov.uk/directory_record/521742/ullapool_high_school/category/382/secondary|title=Ullapool High School|website=www.highland.gov.uk|access-date=6 August 2018 }} which because of the distance requires living there at least during the week.{{Cite news |first=Ed |last=Gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-45046023/|title=The remote UK community living off grid |publisher=BBC News |date=19 November 2018 |accessdate=19 November 2018 }} There is postal service three times a week, and a sea-ferry and a community boat serve the settlement in addition to private boats.

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