Glenavy
Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the village in Northern Ireland. For the town in New Zealand, see Glenavy, New Zealand.
Glenavy (from Irish Lann Abhaigh, meaning "church of the dwarf"[1]) is a village and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It is approximately 11 miles west of Belfast and eight miles north-west of Lisburn, and sits on the banks of the Glenavy river. In the 2011 Census it had a population of 5,697 people. In early documents it was wriiten as "Lenavy".[1]
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Glenavy
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Glenavy Catholic church | |
Location within Northern Ireland | |
Population | 5,697 (2011) |
Irish grid reference | J154729 |
• Belfast | 13 mi (21 km) |
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Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | CRUMLIN |
Postcode district | BT29 |
Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
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