Where They Live...

It's been a while since I travelled across the Irish Sea to Northern Ireland, so I think another visit is well overdue!  I had touched on some of the basics in a previous post, but it's time to look at the most populous areas in the country...

Based on the findings of the 2001, there were just twenty-four cities and urban areas that boasted a population of over 10,000, with a further fourteen in excess of 5,000!  Here is that list :

1 - Belfast (276,459)
2 - Derry/Londonderry (83,699)
3 - Lisburn (71,465)
4 - Newtown (62,056)
5 - Bangor (58,388)
6 - Craigavon urban area (57,685)
7 - Castlereagh urban area (54,990)
8 -  Ballymena (28,717)
9 - Newtownards (27,821)
10 - Newry (27,433)
11 - Carrickfergus (27,201)

Castillo de Carrickfergus I by migossan is licensed under CC BY NC ND 2.0

12 - Coleraine (25,089)
13 - Antrim (20,001)
14 - Omagh (19,910)
15 - Larne (18,228)
16 - Banbridge (14,744)
17 - Armagh (14,590)
18 -  Enniskillen (13,599)
19 - Strabane (13,456)
20 - Limavady (12,135)
21 - Holywood (12,137)
22 - Dungannon (11,139)
23 - Cookstown (10,646)
24 - Downpatrick (10,316)
25 - Ballymoney (9,021)
26 - Comber (8,933)
27 - Ballyclare (8,770)
28 - Magherafelt (8,732)
29 - Portstewart (7,803)
30 - Newcastle (7,444)
31 - Warrenpoint (7,000)
32 - Carryduff (6,595)
33 - Donaghadee (6,470)
34 - Portrush (6,372)
35 - Kilkeel (6,338)
36 - Ballynahinch (5,364)
37 - Ballycastle (5,089)
38 - Greenisland (5,050)