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Ballymena
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Ballymena ( ; from , meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 31,205 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, making it the seventh largest town in Northern Ireland by population. It is part of the Borough of Mid and East Antrim.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Ballymena
- UK place.irish_name
- an Baile Meánach
- UK place.static_image_name
- Ballymena town hall.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Ballymena Town Hall, with the new Braid Arts Centre behind
- UK place.population
- 31,205
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021 census)
- UK place.map_type
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.belfast_distance
- SE
- UK place.irish_grid_reference
- D1003
- UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
- Mid and East Antrim
- UK place.country
- Northern Ireland
- UK place.post_town
- BALLYMENA
- UK place.postcode_area
- BT
- UK place.postcode_district
- BT42–BT44
- UK place.dial_code
- 028
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Antrim
- UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
- North Antrim
- UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
- County Antrim
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Mid and East Antrim
- Population
- 28704
- Capital of
- Mid and East Antrim
- Official website
- www.ballymena.gov.uk
- Image
- Waveney Avenue, Ballymena - geograph.org.uk - 532743.jpg
- Dialing code
- 028
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- topic's main category
- Category:Ballymena
- Commons category
- Ballymena
- category for people born here
- Q17310900
- twinned administrative body
- Morehead
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Ballymena
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- historic county
- County Antrim
- native label
- An Baile Meánach
- P12749
- Q146480
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Ballymena ( ; from , meaning 'the middle townland') is a town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 31,205 at the 2021 United Kingdom census, making it the seventh largest town in Northern Ireland by population. It is part of the Borough of Mid and East Antrim.
The town was built on the Braid River, on land given to the Adair family by King Charles I in 1626, with a right to hold two annual fairs and a Saturday market in perpetuity. Surrounding villages are Cullybackey, Ahoghill, Broughshane, and Kells-Connor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ballymena” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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