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Coontie Cavan

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Coonty Cavan

Contae an Chabháin
Coat of airms o Coonty Cavan
Coat airms
Motto(s): 
Feardhacht is Fírinne  (Erse)
"Manliness an Truth"
Location of Coonty Cavan
KintraIreland
ProvinceUlster
Dáil ÉireannCavan-Monaghan
EU ParliamentNorth-Wast constituency
Coonty seatCavan
Govrenment
 • TeepCoonty Cooncil
Area
 • Total1931 km2 (746 sq mi)
Area rank19t
Population
 (2011)[1]
73,183
 • Rank25t
Caur platesCN
Websitewww.cavancoco.ie

Coonty Cavan (Erse: Contae an Chabháin) is ane o the twenty-sax coonties the Republic o Ireland an ane o the thirty-twa coonties o Ireland. It is located in the province o Ulster. The coonty is aften referred tae as the Breffni Coonty. It wis named efter the toun o Cavan (Erse: an Cabhán). It is ane o three coonties situatit in the province o Ulster that is no pairt o Northern Ireland. The coonty is bordered bi Coonty Monaghan, Coonty Leitrim, Coonty Longford, Coonty Meath, Coonty Westmeath an Coonty Fermanagh. The population o the coonty is 63,961 accordin tae the 2006 census. Cavan is the 19t lairgest o Ireland's 32 coonties in aurie an 26t lairgest in terms o population. It is the saxt lairgest o Ulster's 9 coonties in size an seivent lairgest in terms o population.

References

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  1. "County Cavan". Central Statistics Office. 2011. Archived frae the original on 9 Julie 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2012.