Stornoway is the primary town of the Western Isles and also the resources of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 8,000, making it without a doubt the biggest town in the Hebrides, along with the 2nd biggest island town in Scotland after Kirkwall in Orkney. The traditional civil parish of Stornoway, that includes numerous neighboring towns, has a consolidated populace of simply over 10,000. Stornoway is a vital port and also the significant community and management centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is residence to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a range of instructional, sporting and also media facilities. Till relatively just recently, awareness of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has been connected with hebridean society. Current changes suggest that Sundays on Lewis now much more very closely appear like those on the other Western Isles or on mainland Scotland.