Limerick is a city in western Ireland, in County Limerick, within the province of Munster and the Mid-West area of the Southern Region. With a population of 102,287 at the 2022 census, Limerick is the third most populous urban area in Ireland and the fourth most populous city on the island of Ireland. It was founded by Scandinavian settlers in 812, during the Viking Age.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Elevation (m) Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Limerick (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
With a population of 102,287 at the 2022 census, Limerick is the third-most populous urban area in Ireland, and the fourth-most populous city on the island of Ireland.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. Limerick (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 52.6653, longitude -8.6238
P2044 (elevation above sea level)
elevation 10 m
P2046 (area)
area 20.79 sq km
View the Source3. Wikidata: Limerick
- Wikidata Q133315, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Wikidata Q133315 P1249, class allow-list match, knownqid pass (w-bbfill-geography5-0926)
P1249 value year 812
View the Source4. GeoNames: Limerick - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2962943
52.66472 -8.62306 P PPLA2 IE M 42 102287 7 Europe/Dublin
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 7 m
View the Source 5. 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 52.75, -8.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 52.75, -8.75
52.75 -8.75 Cfb
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