وارنپوینت
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Warrenpoint is a small port town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits at the head of Carlingford Lough, south of Newry, and is separated from the Republic of Ireland by a narrow strait. The town is beside the village of Rostrevor and is overlooked by the Mournes and Cooley Mountains. Warrenpoint sprang up within the townland of Ringmackilroy (), and is locally nicknamed "The Point", which also represents the town's full name in Irish, An Pointe.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Warrenpoint
- UK place.irish_name
- An Pointe / Pointe an Bháirínigh
- UK place.type
- Town
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Clockwise from top left Town from Slieve Martin, Elk at town entrance, Public Baths at Seaview, Warrenpoint from Flagstaff, Warrenpoint Port, Old Narrow Water Castle
- UK place.map_type
- Ireland
- UK place.label_position
- none
- UK place.population
- 9,091
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 Census)
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- J145180
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- NEWRY
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT34
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South Down
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- South Down
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Down
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 6441
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Carlingford Lough
- Official website
- www.newryandmourne.gov.uk
- Image
- Warrenpoint, July 2010 (02).JPG
- Dialing code
- 028
Show 6 more facts
- postal code
- BT34
- Commons category
- Warrenpoint
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- historic county
- County Down
- native label
- an Pointe
- P8168
- Rüdiger von Wechmar
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Gallery (6)
On the map
3 mapped locations