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County Meath

county in Ireland, formerly known as East Meath
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Summary

County Meath is a county of Ireland[1]. It draws 2,595 Wikipedia views per month (county of ireland category, ranking #6 of 26).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Leinster[3]
  • Country: Ireland[4]
  • Capital: Navan[5]
  • Shares border with: County Louth[6], County Cavan[7], County Westmeath[8], County Offaly[9], County Kildare[10], County Dublin[11]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Trim[12], Ashbourne[13], Ratoath[14], Kells[15], Navan[16], Laytown–Bettystown[17]
  • Twinned administrative body: Guiyang[18]
  • Legislative body: legislative body of Meath County Council[19]
  • Executive body: office of the Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council[20]
  • Commons category: County Meath[21]
  • Licence plate code: MH[22]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[23]
  • Inception: 1297[24]
  • Official website: http://www.meathcoco.ie[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:County Meath[26]
  • Commons gallery: County Meath[27]
  • Population: 194,942[28]
  • Office held by head of government: Cathaoirleach of Meath County Council[29]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[31], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[32], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[33]
  • Topic has template: Template:County Meath[34]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in County Meath[35]
  • Native label: Contae na Mí[36]
  • Category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in County Meath[37]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from County Meath[38]
  • Area: 2342.0 km²[39]
  • Language used: Irish[40]

Why It Matters

County Meath has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 91 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Related Entities

Ireland Navan Richard Wellesley, 1st Marquess Wellesley

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . iso.org. iso.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . english.guiyang.gov.cn. english.guiyang.gov.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Placenames Database of Ireland. wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people → Category:People from County Meath
    Category for films shot at this location → Category:Films shot in County Meath
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