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The Border Region (coded IE041)[1] is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland. The name of the region refers to its location along the Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border. It is not a cross-border region. It comprises the Irish counties of Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo. The Border Region spans 11,516 km2, 16.4% of the total area of the state, and has a population of 419,473 persons as of the 2022 census,[2] 8.14% of the state total.[3][4]
Prior to 2014, the region was administered by the Border Regional Authority. As of 2015, it is a strategic planning area within the Northern and Western Region.[5]
The region's largest towns are Letterkenny and Sligo, both of which have populations of over 20,000.[2]
- ^ "Revision to the Irish NUTS2 and NUTS3 regions". Central Statistics Office.
- ^ a b "Census 2022 - F1004A - Population". Central Statistics Office Census 2022 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland. August 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
- ^ Irish Region Office - Regions of Ireland: Border Region Archived July 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Border Regional Authority - Profile of the Region
- ^ 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.