Ballymena

Ballymena is a town in in Northern Ireland. It was badly scarred by The Troubles, by economic decline and associated social problems, but it's nowadays a commuter town for Belfast and in 2021 had a population of 31,300.
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  • Type: Town with 31,200 residents
  • Description: town in Northern Ireland
  • Also known as: “Ballymena (distrito)”, “Ballymina”, “The Mena”, “Балімена”, “バエリミーナ”, “バリーミーナ”, and “バリミーナ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ballymena railway station and Ballymena Showgrounds.

Railway station
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serves the town of Ballymena in , Northern Ireland.

Pitch
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The is a football stadium in Ballymena, , .

Town hall
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is a municipal structure in Bridge…

Ballymena

Latitude
54.8663° or 54° 51′ 59″ north
Longitude
-6.276° or 6° 16′ 34″ west
Population
31,200
Elevation
161 feet (49 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BYM
Open location code
9C6MVP8F+GH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267763055
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656490
Wiki­data ID
Q805451
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Ballymena” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ballymena”
  • Arabic: “بيليمينا”
  • Asturian: “London”
  • Basque: “Ballymena”
  • Belarusian: “Баліміна”
  • Belarusian: “Балімэна”
  • Bulgarian: “Балимина”
  • Catalan: “Ballymena”
  • Cebuano: “Ballymena (kapital sa distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Ballymena”
  • Chinese: “巴利米”
  • Chinese: “巴利米納”
  • Czech: “Ballymena”
  • Danish: “Ballymena”
  • Dutch: “Ballymena”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بيليمينا”
  • French: “Ballymena”
  • Galician: “Ballymena”
  • German: “Ballymena”
  • Hebrew: “באלמינה”
  • Irish: “An Baile Meánach”
  • Irish: “Baile Meánach”
  • Italian: “Ballymena”
  • Japanese: “バリーメナ”
  • Korean: “밸리미나”
  • Latvian: “Belimīna”
  • Lithuanian: “Balimena”
  • Luxembourgish: “Ballymena”
  • Malay: “Ballymena”
  • Mongolian: “Бэллимена”
  • Northern Frisian: “Ballymena”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ballymena”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ballymena”
  • Norwegian: “Ballymena”
  • Persian: “بالی‌منا”
  • Polish: “Ballymena”
  • Portuguese: “Ballymena”
  • Romanian: “Ballymena”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Ballymena”
  • Russian: “Баллимина”
  • Russian: “Бэллимена”
  • Scots: “Ballymena”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “An Baile Meánach”
  • Silesian: “Ballymena”
  • Slovak: “Ballymena”
  • Slovenian: “Ballymena, Severna Irska”
  • Spanish: “Ballymena”
  • Swedish: “Ballymena”
  • Ukrainian: “Балліміна”
  • Urdu: “بالی مینا”
  • Welsh: “Ballymena”
  • “Ballymena”

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