Back لونجفورد ARZ Лонгфорд Bulgarian An Longfort Breton An Longfort Catalan Longford (kapital sa kondado) CEB An Longfort Welsh Longford Danish Longford (County Longford) German Longford (Condado de Longford) Spanish Longford Basque
Longford
An Longfort | |
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Town | |
 St Mel's Cathedral, Longford | |
  Longford Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 53°43′37″N 7°48′00″W / 53.727°N 7.800°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Leinster |
| County | County Longford |
| Elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Rank | 46th |
| • Urban | 10,952 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | N39 |
| Telephone area code | 043 |
| Irish Grid Reference | N135750 |
| Website | www |
Longford (Irish: An Longfort) is the county town of County Longford in Ireland. It had a population of 10,952 at the 2022 census.[1] It is the biggest town in the county and about one third of the county's population lives there. Longford lies at the meeting of Ireland's N4 and N5 National Primary Route roads, which means that traffic travelling between Dublin and County Mayo, or north County Roscommon passes around the town. Longford railway station, on the Dublin-Sligo line, is used heavily by commuters.
- ^ a b "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Longford". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.