County Louth

County Louth is in the region of Ireland, and traditionally part of the province of Leinster. It's low-lying, fertile and within an hour's travel of Dublin, so it's densely populated, with Dundalk and Drogheda the main towns.
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is the county town of County Louth on the east coast of the Republic of Ireland, 7 km south of the border with Northern Ireland. It's industrial and residential but there are scenic areas to the north, especially the Cooley peninsula.

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is an industrial town in County Louth, astride the River Boyne on the east coast of Ireland. Its turbulent history is reflected in its medieval fortifications, while nearby are ruined monasteries and the must-see Neolithic complex of Brú na Bóinne.

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is a village in County Louth, 12 km northeast of Drogheda on the east coast of Ireland. Ceann Chlochair means "rocky headland" but the name of the headland became applied to the entire village.

County Louth

  • Type: county of Ireland with 139,000 residents
  • Description: county in Ireland
  • Also known as: “An Lú”, “Co Louth”, “Co Lú”, “Co. Louth”, “Co. Lú”, “Contae Lughmhagh”, “IE-LH”, “Judeţul Louth”, “Județul Louth”, “Kontelezh Louth”, “Loutas”, “Louth”, “Louth Co.”, “Louth County”, “Louth ilçesi”, “Loutheko konderri”, “Louto grafystė”, “Lú ilçesi”, “Lūþ”, “minsta grevskapet”, “wee county”, “Λάουδ”, “графство Лаут”, “Графство Лаут”, “Лаут (графство)”, and “مقاطعه لاوث”
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Latitude of center
53.8333° or 53° 50′ north
Longitude of center
-6.5° or 6° 30′ west
Population
139,000
Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)
Geo­Names ID
2962793
Wiki­data ID
Q183539
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“County Louth” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة لاوث”
  • Asturian: “Condáu de Louth”
  • Azerbaijani: “Laut”
  • Balinese: “County Louth”
  • Basque: “Louth konderria”
  • Basque: “Loutheko konderria”
  • Belarusian: “графства Лаўт”
  • Bengali: “কাউন্টি লৌথ”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Lú”
  • Bulgarian: “Лаут”
  • Catalan: “comtat de Louth”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Louth”
  • Cebuano: “Lú”
  • Central Kurdish: “کاونتی لۆس”
  • Chinese: “劳斯郡”
  • Chinese: “勞斯郡”
  • Czech: “Hrabství Louth”
  • Danish: “County Louth”
  • Dutch: “County Louth”
  • Esperanto: “Graflando Louth”
  • Estonian: “Louthi krahvkond”
  • Faroese: “County Louth”
  • Finnish: “Louthin kreivikunta”
  • French: “comté de Louth”
  • French: “Comté de Louth”
  • Galician: “Condado de Louth”
  • Georgian: “ლაუთის საგრაფო”
  • Georgian: “ლაუტის საგრაფო”
  • German: “County Louth”
  • Greek: “κομητεία Λάουδ”
  • Gujarati: “કાઉન્ટી લાઉથ”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לאות‘”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז לאות’”
  • Hindi: “काउंटी लाउथ”
  • Hungarian: “Louth megye”
  • Indonesian: “County Louth”
  • Irish: “Contae Lú”
  • Italian: “Contea di Louth”
  • Italian: “Louth”
  • Japanese: “ラウス県”
  • Kannada: “ಕೌಂಟಿ ಲೌತ್”
  • Korean: “라우스주”
  • Kurdish: “County Louth”
  • Latin: “Comitatus Ludensis”
  • Latvian: “Lautas grāfiste”
  • Lithuanian: “Laudo grafystė”
  • Lithuanian: “Lauto grafystė”
  • Macedonian: “Лаут”
  • Malay: “County Louth”
  • Manx: “Coontae Lhoo”
  • Marathi: “काउंटी लोऊथ”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Louth Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Louth”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Louth”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “County Louth”
  • Norwegian: “Louth”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Lūþscīr”
  • Persian: “شهرستان لوث”
  • Polish: “Louth”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Louth”
  • Romanian: “Comitatul Louth”
  • Russian: “Лаут”
  • Scots: “Coontie Louth”
  • Scots: “Coonty Louth”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Lú”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Contae Lughbhadh”
  • Serbian: “Laud”
  • Serbian: “Лауд”
  • Sinhala: “ලවුත් ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Grófstvo Louth”
  • Slovak: “Louth”
  • Slovenian: “County Louth”
  • Spanish: “condado de Louth”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Louth”
  • Swahili: “Wilaya ya Louth”
  • Swedish: “Louth”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Louz”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Лоуз”
  • Tamil: “கவுண்டி லூத்”
  • Telugu: “లౌత్ కౌంటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลลาวท์”
  • Thai: “ลูธ”
  • Tumbuka: “Louth, Ireland”
  • Turkish: “County Louth”
  • Turkish: “Louth Kontluğu”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаут”
  • Urdu: “کاؤنٹی لاوتھ”
  • Vietnamese: “Hạt Louth”
  • Welsh: “Swydd Louth”
  • Western Panjabi: “لاؤتھ”
  • Wu Chinese: “劳斯郡”

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