Athlone
Athlone is a town in County Westmeath, almost dead-centre of Ireland and bisected by the River Shannon. The promenade on the River Shannon is popular among anglers, birdwatchers and swimmers.
- Type: Town with 22,900 residents
- Description: town in County Westmeath, Ireland
- Also known as: “Áth Luain”, “Baile Atha Luain”, “Baile atha-luain”, and “アスロン”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Athlone and Athlone Castle.
Athlone Castle
Museum
Photo: Sgbrito, Public domain.Athlone Little Theatre
Theater building
The Athlone Little Theatre is a theatre and performance space in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ballykeeran and Bellanamullia.
Ballykeeran
Village
Bellanamullia
Locality
Photo: Sarah777, Public domain.Athlone
- Category: locality
- Location: County Westmeath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.4228° or 53° 25′ 22″ north
Longitude
-7.9426° or 7° 56′ 33″ west
Population
22,900
Elevation
39 metres (128 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE ATH
Open location code
9C5JC3F4+4X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Athlone” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Athlone, Ierland”
- Afrikaans: “Athlone”
- Arabic: “أثلون”
- Armenian: “Աթլոն (քաղաք)”
- Armenian: “Աթլոն”
- Asturian: “Athlone”
- Basque: “Athlone”
- Bavarian: “Athlone”
- Belarusian: “Атлон”
- Breton: “Baile Átha Luain”
- Bulgarian: “Атлоун”
- Catalan: “Athlone”
- Cebuano: “Athlone”
- Chinese: “阿斯隆”
- Cornish: “Baile Átha Luain”
- Czech: “Athlone”
- Danish: “Athlone”
- Dutch: “Athlone”
- Egyptian Arabic: “اثلون”
- Esperanto: “Athlone”
- Finnish: “Athlone”
- French: “Athlone”
- Galician: “Athlone - Baile Átha Luain”
- Galician: “Athlone”
- Georgian: “ათლონი”
- German: “Athlone”
- Hebrew: “את’לונה”
- Hungarian: “Athlone”
- Indonesian: “Athlone, Republik Irlandia”
- Indonesian: “Athlone”
- Interlingue: “Athlone”
- Irish: “Baile Átha Luain”
- Italian: “Athlone”
- Japanese: “アスローン”
- Korean: “애슬론”
- Latin: “Atlona”
- Latvian: “Atlona”
- Lithuanian: “Atlonas”
- Malay: “Athlone, Republik Ireland”
- Malay: “Athlone”
- Manx: “Balley Aah Luain”
- Moksha: “Атлон”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Athlone”
- Norwegian: “Athlone”
- Persian: “آثلونه”
- Polish: “Athlone”
- Portuguese: “Athlone”
- Romanian: “Athlone”
- Russian: “Атлон”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Baile Átha Luain”
- Serbian: “Atlon”
- Serbian: “Атлон”
- Silesian: “Athlone”
- Slovak: “Athlone”
- Slovenian: “Athlone”
- Spanish: “Athlone”
- Swedish: “Athlone”
- Thai: “แอทโลน”
- Ukrainian: “Атлон”
- Urdu: “اتھلون”
- Welsh: “Baile Átha Luain”
- “Athlone”
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