Border Region
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The Border Region (coded IE041)[1] is a NUTS Level III statistical region of Ireland. The name of the region refers to its location along the Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border. It is not a cross-border region. It comprises the Irish counties of Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo. The Border Region spans 11,516 km2, 16.4% of the total area of the state, and has a population of 419,473 persons as of the 2022 census,[2] 8.14% of the state total.[3][4]
Prior to 2014, the region was administered by the Border Regional Authority. As of 2015, it is a strategic planning area within the Northern and Western Region.[5]
The region's largest towns are Letterkenny and Sligo, both of which have populations of over 20,000.[2]