Glenavy
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 Glenavy Catholic church | |
  Glenavy Location within Northern Ireland | |
| Population | 5,697 (2011) |
| Irish grid reference | J154729 |
| • Belfast | 13 mi (21 km) |
| District | |
| County | |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CRUMLIN |
| Postcode district | BT29 |
| Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
| UK Parliament | |
| NI Assembly | |
Glenavy (from Irish Lann Abhaigh, meaning 'church of the dwarf'[1]) is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 5,697 people. In early documents it was wriiten as "Lenavy".[1]