Place:County Down, Northern Ireland

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NameCounty Down
Alt namesAn Dúnsource: logainm.ie (Irish)
Contae an Dúinsource: logainm.ie (Irish)
Downsource: logainm.ie and Getty Vocabulary Program (English)
Co. Downsource: Royal Mail: PAF Digest [online] (2002) accessed 16 Dec 2002
An Dunsource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 178
TypeCounty
Coordinates54.417°N 5.667°W
Located inNorthern Ireland     (1922 - 1973)
Also located inIreland     ( - 1922)
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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County Down is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the north, the Irish Sea to the east, County Armagh to the west, and County Louth across Carlingford Lough to the southwest.

In the east of the county is Strangford Lough and the Ards Peninsula. The largest town is Bangor, on the northeast coast. Three other large towns and cities are on its border: Newry lies on the western border with County Armagh, while Lisburn and Belfast lie on the northern border with County Antrim. Down contains both the southernmost point of Northern Ireland (Cranfield Point) and the easternmost point of Ireland (Burr Point).

It was one of two counties of Northern Ireland to have a Protestant majority at the 2001 census. The other Protestant majority County is County Antrim to the north.

In March 2018, The Sunday Times published its list of Best Places to Live in Britain, including five in Northern Ireland. The list included three in County Down: Holywood, Newcastle, and Strangford.

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