County Cavan

County Cavan
Contae an Chabháin
Coat of arms of County Cavan
Nickname: 
The Breffni County
Motto(s): 
Irish: Feardhacht is Fírinne
"Manliness and Truth"
Location of County Cavan
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
RegionNorthern and Western
Established21 August 1579
County townCavan
Government
 • Local authorityCavan County Council
 • Dáil constituencyCavan–Monaghan
 • EP constituencyMidlands–North-West
Area
 • Total
1,932 km2 (746 sq mi)
 • Rank19th
Highest elevation665 m (2,182 ft)
Population
 • Total
81,704
 • Rank25th
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing keys
A82, H12, H14, H16 (primarily)
Telephone area codes042, 049 (primarily)
ISO 3166 codeIE-CN
Vehicle index
mark code
CN
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
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County Cavan (/ˈkævən/ KAV-ən; Irish: Contae an Chabháin) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the historic Gaelic territory of East Breffny (Bréifne).[3][4] Cavan County Council is the local authority for the county, which had a population of 81,704 at the 2022 census.[2]

  1. ^ "Students Corner – Stats Facts about your County – Cavan". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Archived from the original on 19 November 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Census Mapping – Cavan County Council". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
  3. ^ Hayward, Richard. Ulster and the City of Belfast. Arthur Barker Ltd., 1950. p. 234.
  4. ^ Shearman, Hugh. Ulster. Robert Hale Limited, 1949. p. 393.