Coontie Westmeath

Coonty Westmeath Contae na hIarmhí
Coat of airms o Coonty Westmeath Coat airms
Motto(s):  Triath ós Triathaibh  (Erse) "Noble above nobility"
Kintra	Ireland
Province	Leinster
Dáil Éireann	Longford–Westmeath
EU Parliament	East
Coonty seat	Mullingar
Govrenment
• Teep	Coonty Cooncil
Area
• Total	1840 km2 (710 sq mi)
Area rank	21st
Population  (2011)	86,164
• Rank	22nt
Caur plates	WH
Website	www.westmeathcoco.ie

Coonty Westmeath (pronounced /wɛstˈmiːð/; Erse: Contae na hIarmhí) 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. The population o the coonty is 79,403 according to the 2006 census. Westmeath is the 20t lairgest o Ireland’s 32 coonties in area an 22nt lairgest in terms o population. It is the saxt lairgest o Leinster’s 12 coonties in size an aicht lairgest in terms o population. It wis named efter the heestoric kinrick an province o Mide, the original extant o the kinrick conforming to the present coonty. Westmeath wis created under The Coonties o Meath an Westmeath Act o 1543. The Hill of Uisneach in the barony o Moycashel is sometimes regarded as the notional geographical centre o Ireland.