County Louth

County Louth Irish: Contae Lú
Coat of arms
Motto(s):  Lugh sáimh-ioldánach  (Irish) "Lugh equally skilled in many arts"
Coordinates: 53°50′N 6°30′W / 53.833°N 6.500°W / 53.833; -6.500
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
Dáil Éireann	Louth
EU Parliament	East
County seat	Dundalk
Government
• Type	County Council
Area
• Total	826 km2 (319 sq mi)
• Rank	32nd
Population  (2011)	122,808
• Rank	18th [1]
Car plates	LH
Website	www.louthcoco.ie

County Louth (Irish: Contae Lú)^[2][3] is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland.

The county town is Dundalk, which is also the second largest town in Louth. Most people that live in Louth live in the two biggest towns, Dundalk and Drogheda. The 2006 Census^[1] showed that Dundalk and Drogheda as not only the largest towns in the Louth, but also the second and third largest towns in Ireland.

Louth is nicknamed "the Wee County" because it is the smallest county^[4] in Ireland ("wee" means small).^[5]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Central Statistics Office Census 2006 Reports. Central Statistics Office Ireland (April 2007).
2. ↑ Louth - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
3. ↑ "Location Result". Archived from the original on 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
4. ↑ "North West Passage : : Brochures : Ireland Travel Tourism Tour Irlande Irlanda Irland Donegal Dublin Dungannon Armagh Omagh Strabane Louth Meath Monaghan". Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2008-09-30.
5. ↑ Louth Ireland / Ireland Louth / County louth ireland / Hotel Louth, Restaurant Louth, Hotels Ireland, Travel Guide County Louth Ireland, Louth Attractions