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County Cavan

county in Ireland
AdministrativeArea county_of_ireland Q187402
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Summary

County Cavan is a county of Ireland[1]. It draws 2,030 Wikipedia views per month (county of ireland category, ranking #15 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Ulster[3], Border Region[4]
  • Country: Ireland[5]
  • Capital: Cavan[6]
  • Shares border with: County Leitrim[7], County Longford[8], County Westmeath[9], County Meath[10], County Monaghan[11], County Fermanagh[12], Northern Ireland[13]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Cavan–Belturbet[14], Bailieborough–Cootehill[15], Ballyjamesduff[16]
  • Legislative body: legislative body of Cavan County Council[17]
  • Executive body: office of the Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council[18]
  • Commons category: County Cavan[19]
  • Licence plate code: CN[20]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[21]
  • Official website: https://www.cavancoco.ie/[22]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Cavan[23]
  • Commons gallery: County Cavan[24]
  • Population: 73,183[25]
  • Office held by head of government: Cathaoirleach of Cavan County Council[26]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[28], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[29]
  • Topic has template: Template:County Cavan[30]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Cavan[31]
  • Native label: An Cabhán[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Cavan[33]
  • Area: 1932.0 km²[34]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of County Cavan[35]
  • Historic county: County Cavan[36]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for County Cavan include Cavan Biggio[37], a baseball player[38], b. 1995[39], of United States[40].

Why It Matters

County Cavan has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include Cavan Biggio[37], a baseball player[38], b. 1995[39], of United States[40].

Related Entities

Cavan Ireland Northern Ireland River Shannon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [3] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  30. [32] ↑ . Placenames Database of Ireland. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.cavancoco.ie/
    Instance of → —
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 53.916666666667, 'lon': -7.25}
    Category of associated people → Category:People from County Cavan
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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