Contae na Gaillimhe | |||||
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Gaillimh (ga) Galway (en) | |||||
Suíomh | |||||
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Stát ceannasach | Éire | ||||
Cúige Éireannach | Cúige Chonnacht | ||||
Príomhchathair | Gaillimh | ||||
Daonra | |||||
Iomlán | 258,058 (2016) | ||||
• Dlús | 41.97 hab./km² | ||||
Tíreolaíocht | |||||
Achar dromchla | 6,149 km² | ||||
Ar theorainn le | |||||
Eagraíocht pholaitiúil | |||||
Comhlacht feidhmiúcháin | office of the Cathaoirleach of County Galway (en) | ||||
Comhlacht reachtach | legislative body of Galway County Council (en) | ||||
Aitheantóir tuairisciúil | |||||
Lonnaithe i gcrios ama | |||||
Cód ISO 3166-2 | IE-G | ||||
Eile | |||||
Logainm.ie | 100015 | ||||
Suíomh gréasáin | galway.ie… |
Tá Contae na Gaillimhe[1] i gCúige Chonnacht in iarthar na hÉireann. Tá taobh thoir an chontae buailte leis an tSionainn, agus tá talamh measartha maith sa chuid sin den chontae agus i ndeisceart an chontae. Tá an talamh in iarthar an chontae garbh don chuid is mó, agus é buailte idir sléibhte agus an fharraige. In iarthuaisceart an chontae tá Loch Coiribe agus Loch Measca. Idir an dá loch seo tá Cunga Fheichín, agus aistear an-ghearr ón mbaile tá Maigh Tuireadh, áit ar troideadh cathanna ollmhóra san am réstairiúil. I measc na sléibhte áirgiúla tá na Beanna Beola agus Sléibhte Mhám Toirc.
Tá a lán cladaí beaga ar an gcósta thiar, chomh maith le hoileáin intíre sa chuid sin ar a dtugtar Conamara. Tuairim agus 10 km ó dheas as Conamara, idir é agus Contae an Chláir, tá Oileáin Árann.
Is í cathair na Gaillimhe an baile is mó sa chontae agus i gCúige Chonnacht.
Bliain | Daonra | ±% |
1600 | 19,706 | — |
1610 | 14,233 | −27.8% |
1653 | 18,209 | +27.9% |
1659 | 33,390 | +83.4% |
1668 | 45,678 | +36.8% |
1672 | 55,700 | +21.9% |
1680 | 58,950 | +5.8% |
1690 | 63,711 | +8.1% |
1700 | 65,112 | +2.2% |
1710 | 67,888 | +4.3% |
1720 | 70,345 | +3.6% |
1725 | 71,798 | +2.1% |
1735 | 73,470 | +2.3% |
1745 | 71,997 | −2.0% |
1755 | 68,955 | −4.2% |
1765 | 79,883 | +15.8% |
1771 | 81,225 | +1.7% |
1775 | 87,226 | +7.4% |
1781 | 94,666 | +8.5% |
1788 | 101,557 | +7.3% |
1790 | 116,774 | +15.0% |
1801 | 123,445 | +5.7% |
1811 | 145,333 | +17.7% |
1813 | 142,808 | −1.7% |
1816 | 155,297 | +8.7% |
1821 | 169,503 | +9.1% |
1831 | 204,691 | +20.8% |
1841 | 440,198 | +115.1% |
1851 | 321,684 | −26.9% |
1861 | 271,478 | −15.6% |
1871 | 248,458 | −8.5% |
1881 | 242,005 | −2.6% |
1891 | 214,712 | −11.3% |
1901 | 192,549 | −10.3% |
1911 | 182,224 | −5.4% |
1926 | 169,366 | −7.1% |
1936 | 168,198 | −0.7% |
1946 | 165,201 | −1.8% |
1951 | 160,204 | −3.0% |
1956 | 155,553 | −2.9% |
1961 | 149,887 | −3.6% |
1966 | 148,340 | −1.0% |
1971 | 149,223 | +0.6% |
1979 | 167,838 | +12.5% |
1981 | 172,018 | +2.5% |
1986 | 178,552 | +3.8% |
1991 | 180,364 | +1.0% |
1996 | 188,854 | +4.7% |
2002 | 209,077 | +10.7% |
2006 | 231,670 | +10.8% |
2011 | 250,541 | +8.1% |
2016 | 258,552 | +3.2% |