Banbridge

Banbridge is a town in in Northern Ireland, nowadays governed as part of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District. It stands on the road between Belfast and Newry so it grew up as a rest stop for stagecoaches, and in the 19th century it was a major centre of the Irish linen industry.
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  • Town with 16,700 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 308 feet (94 metres)
  • …is also known as “Droichead na Banna”
  • Description: town in County Down, Northern Ireland

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lawrencetown and Loughbrickland.

Village
Laurencetown or is a small in , . is situated 2½ miles northwest of Banbridge.

Village
Photo: Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small in … is situated 3 miles southwest of Banbridge.

Banbridge

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Latitude
54.3514° or 54° 21′ 5″ north
Longitude
-6.2715° or 6° 16′ 17″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB BBG
Open location code
9C6M9P2H+HC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762560
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2656407
Wiki­data ID
Q58270

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Banbridge” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Banbridge”
  • Basque: “Banbridge”
  • Breton: “Droichead na Banna”
  • Bulgarian: “Банбридж”
  • Catalan: “Banbridge”
  • Cebuano: “Banbridge (kapital sa distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Banbridge”
  • Chinese: “班布里奇”
  • Cornish: “Droichead na Banna”
  • Danish: “Banbridge”
  • Dutch: “Banbridge”
  • French: “Banbridge”
  • German: “Banbridge”
  • Hebrew: “בנברידג‘”
  • Hungarian: “Banbridge”
  • Irish: “Droichead na Banna”
  • Italian: “Banbridge”
  • Japanese: “バンブリッジ”
  • Korean: “밴브리지”
  • Malay: “Banbridge”
  • Manx: “Droichead na Banna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Banbridge”
  • Norwegian: “Banbridge”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Banbridge”
  • Persian: “بنبریج”
  • Persian: “بن‌بریج”
  • Polish: “Banbridge”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Banbridge”
  • Russian: “Банбридж”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Droichead na Banna”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بنبریج”
  • Spanish: “Banbridge”
  • Swedish: “Banbridge”
  • Ukrainian: “Банбридж”
  • Urdu: “بینبریج”
  • Welsh: “Droichead na Banna”

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