Comber

Also known as Comber, County Down

Comber ( , , locally ) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies south of Newtownards, at the northern end of Strangford Lough. It is situated in the townland of Town Parks, the civil parish of Comber and the historic barony of Castlereagh Lower. Comber is part of the Ards and North Down Borough. It is also known for Comber Whiskey which was last distilled in 1953. A notable native was Thomas Andrews, the designer of the and was among the many who went down with her. Comber had a population of 9,512 people in the 2021 Census.

Key facts

UK place.official_name: Comber
UK place.irish_name: an Comar
UK place.scots_name: Commer
UK place.map_type: Northern Ireland
UK place.irish_grid_reference: J 45944 69241
UK place.population: 9,529
UK place.population_ref: (2021 Census)
UK place.unitary_northern_ireland: Ards and North Down
UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland: County Down
UK place.constituency_westminster: Strangford
UK place.country: Northern Ireland
UK place.post_town: NEWTOWNARDS
UK place.postcode_area: BT
UK place.postcode_district: BT23
UK place.dial_code: 028
UK place.constituency_ni_assembly: Strangford

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: town
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: County Down
Population: 9512
Time zone: UTC±00:00
Image: Ardarawood, Comber, July 2011 (02).JPG
Dialing code: 028

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native label: An Comar
P12749: Regina, Crown Princess of Austria
Commons category: Comber
postal code: BT23
historic county: County Down

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Comber (em irlandês: an Comar, significando "a confluência") é uma pequena cidade no condado de Down, Irlanda do Norte. Ela está localizada nas margens do lado Strangford no leste do país. Sua população de acordo com o censu de 2011 era de 9.078. Um de seus mais famosos habitantes foi Thomas Andrews, engenheiro do RMS Titanic, que nasceu na cidade em 1873.

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