Drogheda is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 43 kilometers north of Dublin on the Dublin-Belfast corridor, with its southern fringes extending into County Meath. It had 44,135 inhabitants in 2022, making it the largest town in the Republic of Ireland by both population and area, and it is the last bridging point on the River Boyne before the river reaches the Irish Sea. The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Newgrange lies about 8 kilometers west of the town.
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Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Drogheda (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
population 40,956 (2016)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 53.715, longitude -6.3525
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 1 m
P2046 (area)
area 14.8 sq km
P571 (inception)
inception 1194
P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
population 40956 (2016)
View the Source2. GeoNames: Drogheda - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2964661
53.71889 -6.34778 P PPL IE L 19 44135 28 Europe/Dublin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 28 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.75, -6.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 53.75, -6.25
53.75 -6.25 Cfb
Drogheda (Wikipedia)
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Drogheda ( DRO-həd-ə, DRAW-də; Irish: Droichead Átha [ˈd̪ˠɾˠɛhəd̪ˠ ˈaːhə], meaning "bridge at the ford") is an industrial and port town in County Louth on the east coast of Ireland, 43 km (27 mi) north of Dublin.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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