List of cities, boroughs and towns in the Republic of Ireland

Explanation of table

| |- ! Core County | Core county for town || County is that in which the municipal area is entirely located. In the case of cities, the namesake county is considered the core county even though the city is administratively separate from it. | |- ! Other Counties | Other counties || For towns whose suburbs/environs span a county boundary, any county other than the core county. | |- ! 2011 Tot | Total population in 2011. || Sum of the municipal population and the suburban population. | |- ! Tot area | Total area of the town || 2011 area in square kilometres (km2). Only for towns with a total population of at least 1,500. | |- ! Tot dens | Population density of total area || Persons per km2. Based on 2011 total area and population.

| |- ! % change Mun | Change in population of the municipal area. || As a percentage of 2006 population. Where the municipal area changed in the interim, this is noted.

| Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Table 6 "Population of each province, county, city, urban area, rural area and electoral division, 2006 and 2011"

• For City, Borough, and former UD towns, there is an explicit summary row in Table 6 for the town.
• For former commissioner towns, the area is that of one or more electoral divisions in a rural area of the relevant county. These divisions are noted. For changed areas: |- ! Mun dens | Population density of municipal area || Persons per km2. Based on 2011 municipal area and population. | Calculated |- ! 2009 elect | Electorate for the 2009 local elections. || The Local Government Act 1994 extended the boundaries of some towns for electoral purposes only.Local Government Act 1994 (Irish Statute Book)
• Section 17: Alteration of boundaries for purposes of certain local elections.
• Third Schedule: Alteration of Certain Town Boundaries That is, people living outside the municipal area were entitled to vote for the town council even though their residence was outside its jurisdiction. In a few cases, the municipal boundary of the town was subsequently extended to remove this anomaly. Census 2011 Population Classified by Area Appendix 3 "Extensions to Legal Towns and Boroughs since 1926" The remaining cases are marked by an asterisk in this column. Where the municipal area changed between the 2006 census and the 2009 election, this is noted. (No municipal area changed between the 2009 election and the 2011 census.) |
• Volume 1: City and County Councils p.207
• Volume 2: Borough and Town Councils pp.139–141 |- ! 2011 Sub | Population of the suburbs/environs in 2011 || Called "Suburbs" for cities and "Environs" for boroughs and towns. Defined as "the continuation of a distinct population cluster outside its legally defined boundary in which no occupied dwelling is more than 100 metres distant from the nearest occupied dwelling. In applying the 100-metre criterion, industrial, commercial and recreational buildings and facilities are not regarded as breaking the continuity of a built-up area. New suburbs or environs are defined only where there are at least twenty occupied dwellings outside the legal boundary within the new limit." The 2006 definition was changed by reducing the limit from 200 metres to 100. | |}

Cities, boroughs and towns up to 2014

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Notes

References

References

1. {{cite Irish legislation. (2014). (27 January 2014)
2. ''Census 2011 Population Classified by Area'' Table 12 "Alphabetical list of towns with their population, 2006 and 2011"
3. [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/37/section/10/enacted/en/html Local Government Act 2001, section 10] [[Irish Statute Book]]
4. ''Census 2011 Population Classified by Area'' Appendix 2 "Towns with Legally Defined Boundaries"
5. Local Government Act 2001, [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/37/schedule/5/enacted/en/html Schedule 5 Part 2], and [http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2001/act/37/schedule/6/enacted/en/html Schedule 6] Irish Statute Book
6. ''Census 2011 Population Classified by Area'' Table 5 "Population of towns ordered by county and size, 2006 and 2011"
7. ''Census 2011 Population Classified by Area'' Appendix 4 "Population of Towns or Environs/Suburbs which are located in more than one County"
8. ''Census 2011 Population Classified by Area'' Table 7 "Population of each town with 1,500 population and over, distinguishing those within legally defined boundaries and in the surrounding suburbs or environs, 2006 and 2011" ([http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?maintable=CD116&PLanguage=0 Interactive table])
9. (April 2008). "The Local Government Commission and Boundaries". Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government.
10. ''Census 2011 Population Classified by Area'' Appendix 1 "Census Geographic Definitions"
11. {{cite Irish legislation. (2008)
12. {{cite Irish legislation. (2007)
13. {{cite Irish legislation. (2009)
14. {{cite Irish legislation. (2009)
15. (13 October 2008). "Report on revision of administrative and electoral boundary of Balbriggan Town Council area". Fingal County Council.
16. {{cite Irish legislation. (2008)