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Bray, known natively as Bré, is a human settlement located in County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland. The town has an area of 7.55 and sits at an elevation of 18 above sea level. It is situated in the UTC±00:00 time zone and uses the postal code A98. Bray is twinned with the administrative bodies of Würzburg, Dublin, Bègles, and Carrara.
A nearby location named Little Bray is recorded with a population of 8015 and an elevation of 7. This area is part of the Leinster province. The subject is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and is referenced by 1,006 other encyclopedia articles.
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Place details
- Region
- Leinster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 33,512
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Ireland
- Province
- Leinster
- County
- County Wicklow , County Dublin
- D il constituency
- Wicklow , Dún Laoghaire
- Ep constituency
- South
- Total
- 9.9 km (3.8 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 18 m (59 ft)
- Rank
- 10th
- Density
- 3,398/km (8,800/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+0 ( WET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+1 ( IST ( WEST ))
- Eircode routing key
- A98
- Area code
- 01 (+3531)
- Irish grid reference
- O264185
- Website
- www .bray .ie
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Encyclopedic overview
Bray (Irish: Bré [bʲɾʲeː]) is a coastal town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated about 20 km (12 mi) south of Dublin city centre on the east coast, and parts of the town's northern outskirts are in County Dublin. It has a population of 33,512 making it the tenth largest urban area within Ireland (as of the 2022 census). Bray is home to Ardmore Studios, and some light industry is located in the town, with some business and retail parks on its southern periphery. Commuter links between Bray and Dublin are provided by rail, Dublin Bus and the M11 and M50 motorways. The town is in a townland and civil parish of the same name.
Originally developed as a planned resort town in the 19th century, Bray's popularity as a seaside resort was serviced by the Dublin and Kingstown Railway, which was extended to Bray in 1854. During the late 20th century, the town's use as a resort declined when foreign travel became an option for holiday-makers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.