Barvas
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Barvas (Scottish Gaelic:Barabhas or Scottish Gaelic:Barbhas) is a settlement, community and civil parish on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
It developed around a road junction. The A857 and A858 meet at the southern end of Barvas. North is the road to Ness; west takes the traveller to Carloway and the West Side; south runs the road to Stornoway. According to the 2011 Census it still has the highest concentration of Scottish Gaelic speakers in Scotland (64% of the population) with 2,037.