The South-West is a strategic planning area within the Southern Region in Ireland. It is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland (coded IE053).[1][2] It includes the city of Cork and the counties of Cork and Kerry. The South-West region spans 12,120 km2 (4,680 sq mi), roughly 16% of the total area of the state and according to the 2022 census has a population of 736,489.[3]
From 1994 to 2014, the region was governed by the South-West Regional Authority.[4] That body was abolished in 2014 and from 2015, it was succeeded by the Southern Regional Assembly.[5]
The South-West Region benefits from a mild climate and has a very scenic environment,[3] which includes features such as MacGillycuddy's Reeks (the highest mountain range in Ireland), the Dingle Peninsula, Mizen Head and the Iveragh Peninsula, along with numerous small islands.
- ^ "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". cso.ie.
- ^ Regulation (EU) No 2016/2066 of 21 November 2016 amending the annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)
- ^ a b "Press Statement Census of Population 2022 - Preliminary Results - CSO - Central Statistics Office". CSO. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 394 of 1993). Signed on 20 December 1993. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 22 January 2022.
- ^ Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Assemblies) (Establishment) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 573 of 2014). Signed on 16 December 2014. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 19 January 2022.