The Isle of Man, a self-governing British Crown Dependency, in the Irish Sea has 17 historic parishes and was, until May 2016, divided into 24 districts for administrative purposes. These were 15 remaining parishes, 4 towns (one of which, Douglas, later became a city) and 5 villages, each forming the lowest unit of local government in the Isle of Man.
In May 2016, the three districts of Laxey, Lonan and Maughold merged for administrative purposes to form the parish district of Garff. In 2020 the two parish districts of Arbory and Rushen merged for administrative purposes to form the parish district of Arbory and Rushen. The total number of administrative districts thus reduced to 21, made up of: one city three towns two "districts" (Michael and Onchan, both of which are historically parishes) two "village districts" (Port Erin and Port St Mary) and 13 "parish districts" (including Garff, which is made up of two historical parishes: Lonan and Maughold).
Parishes and other units (as at 2016) Image Name Status Sheading Population Coordinates Map Andreas Parish Ayre 1,397 Arbory Parish Rushen 1,847 Ballaugh Parish Michael 1,032 Braddan Parish Middle 3,621 Bride Parish Ayre 382 Castletown Town Rushen 3,216 Douglas City Middle 26,997 German Parish Glenfaba 966 Jurby Parish Michael 776 Laxey Village Garff 1,676 Lezayre Parish Ayre 1,276 Lonan Parish Garff 1,579 Malew Parish Rushen 2,167 Marown Parish Middle 2,246 Maughold Parish Garff 985 Michael Parish Michael 1,591 Onchan Parish Middle 9,128 Patrick Parish Glenfaba 1,576 Peel Town Glenfaba 5,374 Port Erin Village Rushen 3,484 Port St Mary Village Rushen 1,916 Ramsey Town Garff 7,845 Rushen Parish Rushen 1,537 Santon Parish Middle 700
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