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Swords
Irish: Sord / Sord Cholmcille | |
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Suburban town | |
 Clockwise from top: Main Street, Swords; Ward River Valley Park; interior of Swords Pavilions | |
  Swords Location in Dublin area  Swords Swords (Ireland) | |
| Coordinates: 53°27′37″N 6°13′12″W / 53.4603°N 6.2200°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| Region | Eastern and Midland |
| County | County Dublin |
| Local government area | Fingal |
| Founded | 560 |
| County town | 1994 |
| Founded by | St Colmcille |
| Named for | (possibly) St Colmcille's Well |
| County Hall | Main Street, Swords |
| Electoral divisions[1] | List
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| Government | |
| • Type | Local authority |
| • Body | Fingal County Council |
| • EP constituency | Dublin |
| • Dáil constituency | Dublin Fingal |
| • Local electoral areas |
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| Area | |
| • Urban | 11.35 km2 (4.38 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 15.99 km2 (6.17 sq mi) |
| Source: CSO Sapmap Viewer | |
| Highest elevation | 60 m (200 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2022) | |
| • Rank | 8th |
| • Urban | 40,776[8] |
| • Urban density | 3,615/km2 (9,360/sq mi) |
| Ethnic or cultural background | |
| • White Irish | 30,946 |
| • White Other | 7,089 |
| • Asian or Asian Irish | 1,169 |
| • Black or Black Irish | 1,142 |
| • White Irish Traveller | 96 |
| Time zone | UTC0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (WEST) |
| Postal Hub | |
| Postal Sorting Office | SWORDS |
| Dialing Code | +353(0)1 |
| Geocode | O184469 |
| ISO 3166 code | IE-D |
| Vehicle registration | D |
| Website | Swords on fingal.ie |
Swords (Irish: Sord[N 1] [sˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ] or Sord Cholmcille) in County Dublin, the county town of the local government area of Fingal, is a large suburban town on the east coast of Ireland, situated ten kilometres[10] north of Dublin city centre. It is the eighth largest urban area in Ireland, with a population of 40,776 as of the 2022 census. The town was reputedly founded c. AD 560. Located on the Ward River, Swords features Swords Castle, a restored medieval castle, a holy well from which it takes its name, a round tower and a Norman tower. Facilities in the area include the Pavilions shopping centre, one of the largest in the Dublin region, a range of civic offices, some light industries, the main storage facility and archive of the National Museum of Ireland and several parks. Dublin Airport is located nearby.
The name "Swords" gives its name to a townland of Swords Demesne,[N 2] a civil parish,[N 3] and a local electoral area.
- ^ County of Fingal Local Electoral Areas Order 2018 (S.I. No. 618 of 2018). Signed on 19 December 2018. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- ^ "Fingal County Council". Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2012.
- ^ Swords Total Area – Swords Local Electoral Area Archived 12 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Central Statistics Office
- ^ Settlement: Swords Archived 12 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Central Statistics Office
- ^ Swords Metro Area – Swords Development Boundary[permanent dead link] Fingal County Council
- ^ Swords Max Elevation Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ordnance Survey Ireland
- ^ Swords Min Elevation Archived 29 August 2012 at the Wayback Machine Ordnance Survey Ireland
- ^ "Towns: Swords". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
- ^ Swords Ethnic or Cultural Background Archived 13 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine Census 2011
- ^ Note: The centre of Swords is 12.3 km north of the GPO in Dublin, but the district's southernmost point is indeed c. 10 km north of the GPO.
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