Dundalk
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Dundalk Dún Dealgan | |
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Toun | |
 Clockwise frae tap: Castle Roche, Clarke Station, St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral, The Marshes shoppin centre, Market Square, Dundalk Institute of Technology | |
 Coat airms | |
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  Dundalk Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°00′32″N 6°24′18″W / 54.009°N 6.4049°WCoordinates: 54°00′32″N 6°24′18″W / 54.009°N 6.4049°W | |
| Kintra | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| Coonty | Coonty Louth |
| Dáil Éireann | Louth |
| EU Parliament | Midlands–North-West |
| Inhabitit | 3500 BC[1][2][3] |
| Charter | 1189 AD |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 25.19 km2 (9.73 sq mi) |
| • Landwart | 354.04 km2 (136.70 sq mi) |
| Population (Census 2011)[5] | |
| • Toun | 37,816 |
| • Rank | 7t |
| • Urban | 31,149 |
| • Rural | 25,613 |
| • Environs | 6667 |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode | A91 |
| Irish Grid Reference | J048074 |
| Dialing code | 042, +353 42 |
| Website | www |
Dundalk (/dʌnˈdɔːk/, frae Erse Dún Dealgan, meanin 'Dalgan's stranghaud', a Fir Bolg Chieftain) is the coonty toun o Coonty Louth, Ireland. It is on the Castletown River, which flows intae Dundalk Bay, an is close tae the border wi Northren Ireland, equidistant frae Dublin an Belfast.
Twinnin / sister ceeties[eedit | eedit soorce]
Dundalk is twinned wi the follaein places:
Rezé, Fraunce (1990)[6]
Pikeville, Kentucky, Unitit States (2015)[7]
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Carlingford & Mourne | Dundalk". Archived frae the original on 28 September 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ Dundalk Institute of Technology | Dundalk History
- ↑ "inyourfootsteps | Dundalk - Why visit here?". Archived frae the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ "Census 2011 – Population Classified by Area Table 6 – Population and area of each Province, County, City, urban area, rural area and Electoral Division, 2011 and 2006" (PDF). Census 2011, Volume 1 – Population Classified by Area. Central Statistics Office. 25 Apryle 2012. p. 13. Retrieved 17 Februar 2014.
- ↑ "Dundalk Legal Town And Its Environs Results". Central Statistics Office. 2011.
- ↑ "Dundalk – Reze twinning page". Archived frae the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ↑ Irish Independent 21/02/2015 Dundalk agrees to twin with Pikeville, Kentucky
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