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As of 2009, the Dublin Metropolitan Region is co-extensive with the combined area of the city of Dublin, and the counties of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. Leixlip was moved to the County Kildare Division and became the district headquarters for the new Leixlip District. [ 8 ]
The Dublin region is the economic centre of Ireland, and was at the forefront of the country's economic expansion during the Celtic Tiger period. In 2009, Dublin was listed as the fourth richest city in the world by purchasing power and 10th richest by personal income.
The latest Ordnance Survey Ireland "Discovery Series" (Third Edition 2005) 1:50,000 map of the Dublin Region, Sheet 50, shows the boundaries of the city and three surrounding counties of the region. Extremities of the Dublin Region, in the north and south of the region, appear in other sheets of the series, 43 and 56 respectively.
The "Region" column of the table below, except for the six Northern Ireland counties, indicates Regions as defined under the Local Government Act 1991. [40] These are NUTS 2 statistical regions of Ireland. "County town" is the current or former administrative capital of the county.
Ireland has nine universities, seven in the Republic of Ireland and two in Northern Ireland, including Trinity College Dublin and the University College Dublin, as well as numerous third-level colleges and institutes and a branch of the Open University, the Open University in Ireland. Ireland was ranked 19th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024.
The island's total population was nearly 7 million people concentrated in the east and south, particularly in Dublin, Belfast, Cork and their surrounding areas in the 2011 (RoI) and 2012 (NI) Census. [91] [92] That figure had increased to 7,054,314 in the 2012 (NI) and 2022 (RoI) census. [93] [94]
Tot area Total area of the town: 2011 area in square kilometres (km 2). Only for towns with a total population of at least 1,500. [8] Tot dens Population density of total area: Persons per km 2. Based on 2011 total area and population. Calculated 2011 Mun Population of the municipal area in 2011: Population within the 2011 municipal area. [6 ...
The Central Statistics Office published a county report from the 2022 census for County Dublin as a whole. [3] County Dublin is a NUTS III statistical region in Ireland, as recognised by the European Union. [4] Dublin is a strategic planning area within the Eastern and Midland Region. [5]