Bangor

Bangor is a town on the south shore of Belfast Lough, in . It was a holiday resort from the mid-19th to the mid-20th century but is now chiefly a commuter town for Belfast. In 2021 it had a population of 64,000.
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  • Type: City with 58,400 residents
  • Description: city in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Bangor Mór”, “Bangor, County Down”, “Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland”, and “Bangor, Northern Ireland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bangor Bus and Rail Centre and Bangor West railway station.

Railway station
Photo: Aubrey Dale, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a combined rail and bus interchange which serves the city of Bangor in , Northern Ireland. The station in its current form was built in the year 2000 to celebrate the new millennium.

Railway station
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located in the townland of Ballyvarnet in Bangor, , Northern Ireland.

Church
Photo: Andrew Muir, CC BY 2.0.
was established by Saint Comgall in 558 in Bangor, County Down, and was famous for its learning and austere rule. It is not to be confused with the slightly older abbey in on the site of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kilcooley estate.

Suburb
is a housing estate owned by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on the outskirts of Bangor, Northern Ireland. The residents of the area are predominantly Protestant, and the area has strong links with loyalism.

Bangor

Latitude
54.6626° or 54° 39′ 45″ north
Longitude
-5.6679° or 5° 40′ 5″ west
Population
58,400
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
Open location code
9C6PM87J+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 267762683
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2656396
Wiki­data ID
Q806551
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Bangor” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bangor”
  • Asturian: “Bangor”
  • Azerbaijani: “Banqor”
  • Basque: “Bangor (Ipar Irlanda)”
  • Basque: “Bangor (Irlanda)”
  • Basque: “Bangor”
  • Belarusian: “Бангар”
  • Breton: “Beannchar (An Dún)”
  • Breton: “Beannchar”
  • Bulgarian: “Бангор”
  • Catalan: “Bangor”
  • Cebuano: “Bangor (kapital sa distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Northern Ireland)”
  • Cebuano: “Bangor”
  • Chinese: “班戈”
  • Chinese: “班高”
  • Czech: “Bangor”
  • Dutch: “Bangor”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بانجور”
  • Esperanto: “Bangor (Nord-Irlando)”
  • Esperanto: “Bangor”
  • Estonian: “Bangor”
  • Finnish: “Bangor”
  • French: “Bangor (irlande du nord)”
  • French: “Bangor (Irlande Du Nord)”
  • French: “Bangor”
  • Galician: “Bangor”
  • German: “Bangor”
  • Greek: “Μπάνγκορ”
  • Hebrew: “בנגור”
  • Hungarian: “Bangor”
  • Irish: “Beannchar, Contae an Dúin”
  • Irish: “Beannchar”
  • Italian: “Bangor”
  • Japanese: “バンガー”
  • Japanese: “バンゴー”
  • Korean: “뱅고어”
  • Lithuanian: “Bangoras (Šiaurės Airija)”
  • Lithuanian: “Bangoras”
  • Malay: “Bangor, Daerah Bawah”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bangor (Nuurdirlun)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Bangor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bangor, Nord-Irland”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bangor”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bangor i Nord-Irland”
  • Norwegian: “Bangor”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Bancoraburg”
  • Persian: “بنگور، شهرستان داون”
  • Persian: “بنگور، کانتی داون”
  • Polish: “Bangor (Irlandia Północna)”
  • Polish: “Bangor”
  • Portuguese: “Bangor”
  • Romanian: “Bangor (Irlanda de Nord)”
  • Romanian: “Bangor”
  • Russian: “Бангор (Ирландия)”
  • Russian: “Бангор”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beannchar (Èirinn)”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Beannchar”
  • Serbian: “Bangor”
  • Serbian: “Бангор (Велс)”
  • Serbian: “Бангор (Француска)”
  • Serbian: “Бангор”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bangor (County Down)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bangor (Severna Irska)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bangor (Sjeverna Irska)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bangor”
  • Slovak: “Bangor”
  • Slovenian: “Bangor”
  • Spanish: “Bangor (Irlanda del Norte)”
  • Spanish: “Bangor”
  • Swedish: “Bangor, Nordirland”
  • Swedish: “Bangor”
  • Swedish: “Beannchor”
  • Tatar: “Бәңгор”
  • Ukrainian: “Бангор”
  • Urdu: “بینگور، کاؤنٹی ڈاؤن”
  • Welsh: “Bangor (Gogledd Iwerddon)”
  • Welsh: “Bangor (Iwerddon)”
  • Welsh: “Bangor, Gogledd Iwerddon”
  • Welsh: “Bangor, Iwerddon”
  • Welsh: “Bangor, Swydd Down”
  • Welsh: “Bangor”
  • Yue Chinese: “班高”
  • “Bangor”

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