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County Wexford

Wexford

Wexford is the county town of , on the southeast corner of . The bay that forms its harbour has for centuries drawn incomers, and it was at the centre of the rebellion of 1798. In 2022 it had a population of 21,500.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Wexford railway station and Wexford General Hospital.

Railway station
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is a railway station located in Wexford Town in , Ireland.

Hospital
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is an acute general in Wexford, the county town of in the . It is managed by Ireland East Hospital Group.

Theater building
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The , formerly the Wexford Opera House, is a theatre in Wexford, Ireland. It was officially opened on 5 September 2008 in a ceremony with the Taoiseach Brian Cowen, followed by a live broadcast of RTÉ's The Late Late Show from the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castlebridge and Barntown.

Village
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is a small town in , , around 5 km north of Wexford town. It is just north of , on the R741 road. is a rapidly expanding suburb of Wexford Town: its population has almost tripled in 20 years, increasing from 783 in 1996 to a population of 1,840 in 2016. is situated 5 km north of Wexford.

Village
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is a townland and village in , , located just outside the town of Wexford. As of the 2022 census, had a population of 505 people. is situated 5 km west of Wexford.

Village
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or Crosabeg is a small village in , , just north of Wexford town. It contains The Forge Storytelling House, Foley's Pub, St Patrick, St Brigid and St Killian's Catholic church with adjoining cemetery and a primary school. is situated 6 km northwest of Wexford.

Wexford

Latitude
52.3368° or 52° 20′ 12″ north
Longitude
-6.4601° or 6° 27′ 37″ west
Population
164,000
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
United Nations Location Code
IE WEX
Open location code
9C4M8GPQ+PW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52245055
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2960964
Wiki­data ID
Q209126
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Wexford” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ويكسفورد”
  • Armenian: “Ուեքսֆորդ”
  • Asturian: “Wexford”
  • Basque: “Loch Garman”
  • Basque: “Wexford”
  • Belarusian: “Уэксфард”
  • Breton: “Loch Garman”
  • Breton: “Wexford”
  • Bulgarian: “Уексфорд”
  • Catalan: “Wexford”
  • Cebuano: “Loch Garman (kapital sa kondado)”
  • Cebuano: “Loch Garman”
  • Chinese: “韋克斯福德”
  • Chinese: “韦克斯福德”
  • Czech: “Wexford”
  • Danish: “Wexford”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Wexford”
  • Dutch: “Wexford”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويكسفورد”
  • Esperanto: “Wexford”
  • Estonian: “Wexford”
  • Finnish: “Wexford”
  • French: “Wexford”
  • Galician: “Wexford - Loch Garman”
  • Galician: “Wexford”
  • Georgian: “უექსფორდი”
  • German: “Wexford”
  • Hebrew: “וקספורד”
  • Indonesian: “Loch Garman”
  • Indonesian: “Wexford”
  • Irish: “Loch Garman”
  • Italian: “Wexford”
  • Japanese: “ウェックスフォード”
  • Korean: “웩스퍼드”
  • Latin: “Vexfordia”
  • Latvian: “Veksforda”
  • Lithuanian: “Veksfordas”
  • Manx: “Logh Garman”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wexford”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wexford”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Loch Garman”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wexford”
  • Norwegian: “Wexford”
  • Persian: “وکس فورد”
  • Polish: “Loch Garman”
  • Polish: “Wexford”
  • Portuguese: “Wexford”
  • Romanian: “Wexford”
  • Russian: “Уэксфорд”
  • Serbian: “Veksford”
  • Serbian: “Wexford”
  • Serbian: “Вексфорд”
  • Slovak: “Wexford”
  • Slovenian: “Wexford”
  • Spanish: “Wexford”
  • Swahili: “Wexford”
  • Swedish: “Wexford”
  • Thai: “เรกซ์ฟอร์ด”
  • Ukrainian: “Вексфорд”
  • Urdu: “ویکسفرڈ”
  • Welsh: “Loch Garman”
  • Welsh: “Wexford”
  • “Wexford”

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