Coontie Wicklow

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Coonty Wicklow

Contae Chill Mhantáin
Motto(s): 
Meanma Saor  (Erse)
"Free Spirits"
Location of Coonty Wicklow
KintraIreland
ProvinceLeinster
Dáil ÉireannWicklow
EU ParliamentEast
Coonty seatWicklow
Govrenment
 • TeepCoonty Cooncil
Area
 • Total2024 km2 (781 sq mi)
Area rank17t
Population
 (2011)[1]
136,640
 • Rank15t
Caur platesWW
Websitewww.wicklow.ie

Coonty Wicklow (Erse: Contae Chill Mhantáin) is ane o the twenty-sax coonties o the Republic o Ireland an ane o the thirty-twa coonties o Ireland. It is located in the province o Leinster. It wis named efter the toun o Wicklow, which derives frae the Auld Norse name Víkingalág or Wykynlo. The population o the coonty is 126,194 according to the 2006 census. Wicklow is the 17t lairgest o Ireland’s 32 coonties in area an 17t lairgest in terms o population. It is the fowert lairgest o Leinster’s 12 coonties in size an fift lairgest in terms o population.

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  1. "County Wicklow". Central Statistics Office. 2011. Archived frae the original on 18 December 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2012.