Naas
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Town | |
 View of Naas General Hospital | |
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| Motto(s): | |
  Naas Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°13′01″N 6°39′47″W / 53.217°N 6.663°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | Kildare |
| Council | Kildare County Council |
| Dáil Éireann | Kildare North |
| European Parliament | Midlands–North-West |
| Elevation | 114 m (374 ft) |
| Population | 26,180 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode | W91 |
| Telephone area code | 045 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N893196 |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1813 | 2,018 | — |
| 1821 | 3,073 | +52.3% |
| 1831 | 3,808 | +23.9% |
| 1841 | 3,571 | −6.2% |
| 1851 | 3,010 | −15.7% |
| 1861 | 2,966 | −1.5% |
| 1871 | 3,660 | +23.4% |
| 1881 | 3,808 | +4.0% |
| 1891 | 3,735 | −1.9% |
| 1901 | 3,836 | +2.7% |
| 1911 | 3,842 | +0.2% |
| 1926 | 3,442 | −10.4% |
| 1936 | 3,290 | −4.4% |
| 1946 | 3,774 | +14.7% |
| 1951 | 3,731 | −1.1% |
| 1956 | 3,915 | +4.9% |
| 1961 | 4,023 | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 4,529 | +12.6% |
| 1971 | 5,078 | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 7,739 | +52.4% |
| 1981 | 8,345 | +7.8% |
| 1986 | 10,017 | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 11,141 | +11.2% |
| 1996 | 14,074 | +26.3% |
| 2002 | 18,312 | +30.1% |
| 2006 | 20,044 | +9.5% |
| 2011 | 20,573 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 21,393 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 26,180 | +22.4% |
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Naas (/neɪs/ NAYSS; Irish: Nás na Ríogh or an Nás [ən̪ˠ ˈn̪ˠaːsˠ]) is the county town of County Kildare in Ireland. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare (ahead of Newbridge) and the fourteenth-largest urban centre in Ireland.[2]
- ^ "International Civic Heraldry". Ngw.nl. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ a b c "F1015: Population and Average Age by Sex and List of Towns (number and percentages), 2022". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. April 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- ^ "CSO". Cso.ie. Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
- ^ "Histpop – The Online Historical Population Reports Website". www.histpop.org. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016.
- ^ 1813 estimate from Mason's Statistical Survey
- ^ See also JJ Lee "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54
- ^ See also New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850 by Joel Mokyr and Cormac O Grada in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov., 1984), pp. 473–488
- ^ "Sapmap Area – Settlements – Naas". Census 2022. CSO. 2016. Archived from the original on 30 July 2017. Retrieved 12 January 2018.