In addition to the Isle of Man itself, the Isle of Man Government administers three small neighbouring islands: the Calf of Man, St Patrick's Isle and St Michael's Isle. There is one place with official status as a city, three places with official status as towns, four villages, and many other smaller settlements. Traditionally the Island is divided into six sheadings, then further into seventeen parishes.
Manx language names are given in italics.
Cities There is only one city on the island, a status which was awarded in 2022 and came into effect in 2024: Douglas – capital and largest settlement ()
Towns The official towns of the Isle of Man are: Castletown () Peel () Ramsey ()
Villages The official villages of the Isle of Man, with village commissioners, are:
Laxey () – no longer has village commissioners; is now merely an electoral ward of the parish district of Garff Onchan – second largest settlement () Port St Mary () Port Erin ()
Other settlements Other notable settlements, with no official status, are:
Andreas () Baldrine () Ballabeg (Rushen) () Ballabeg (Lonan) ()‡ Ballasalla () Ballaugh () Barregarrow ()‡ Braaid ()‡ Bradda Bride () Colby () Cregneash ()‡ Crosby () Dalby () Derbyhaven ()‡ Foxdale () Glen Auldyn Glen Maye () Glen Mona () Glen Vine () Injebreck‡ Jurby () Maughold (Maghal)‡ Kirk Michael () Newtown () Niarbyl ()‡ Port e Vullen‡ Port Lewaigue‡ Port Soderick ()‡ Ronague ()‡ Ronaldsway ()‡ St Judes () St John's () St Mark's () Strang () Sulby () Union Mills ()
Those marked ‡ (at least) are mostly not large enough to be notable as settlements, but some may be notable as tourist destinations.
Settlements by population The following list ranks the populations of eight main settlements on the Isle of Man which populations were reported in the 2021 Isle of Man Census.
RankSettlementStatusPopulationNotes1.DouglasCity26,677Capital and only city2.OnchanVillage9,039Most populated village, adjacent to Douglas3.RamseyTown8,288Became the most populated town after Douglas achieved city status in 20224.PeelTown5,7105.Port ErinVillage3,730Adjacent to Port St. Mary6.CastletownTown3,206Least populous town on the Island7.Port St. MaryVillage1,989Adjacent to Port Erin8.LaxeyVillage1,656Least populous village and least populous settlement with an official status
Sheadings The sheadings () of the Isle of Man are:
Ayre () Garff () Glenfaba () Michael () Middle () Rushen ()
Historic parishes The historic parishes () currently included in each sheading of the Isle of Man are:
Ayre Andreas () Bride () Lezayre () Garff Lonan (): historical parish, now merged into the parish district of Garff Maughold (): historical parish, now merged into the parish district of Garff Onchan () Glenfaba German () Patrick () Michael Ballaugh () Jurby () Michael () Middle Braddan () Marown () Santon () Rushen Arbory (): now merged into the parish district of Arbory and Rushen Rushen (historically "Kirk Christ Rushen") (): now merged into the parish district of Arbory and Rushen Malew ()
Historically, each parish was divided into between 5 and 16 treens, each consisting of four quarterlands.List of Treens on the Isle of Man
Coastal features Laxey Bay Ramsey Bay Douglas Bay
Other geographical features Port-Ny-Ding, a small bay immediately north-west of Bradda West Snaefell (), the only mountain of the Isle of Man
See also Registered Buildings of the Isle of Man Local government in the Isle of Man Ballajura, Western Australia, a suburb in Australia named after but mis-transcribed from Ballajora, a farm at Maughold, Isle of Man.
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