Onchan
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Onchan (; ) is a large village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation.
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Place details
- Locality
- Onchan
- Region
- Onchan
- Country
- Isle of Man
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- Europe/Isle_of_Man
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.crown_dependency
- Isle of Man
- UK place.official_name
- Onchan
- UK place.manx_name
- Kione Droghad
- UK place.population
- 9,172
- UK place.population_ref
- (2006 census)
- UK place.manx_parish
- Onchan
- UK place.manx_sheading
- Middle
- UK place.constituency_manx_parliament
- Onchan Garff
- UK place.post_town
- Isle of Man
- UK place.postcode_district
- IM3
- UK place.postcode_area
- IM
- UK place.dial_code
- 01624
- UK place.map_type
- Isle of Man
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SC407780
- UK place.static_image
- Isle-of-man-onchan-laxey.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Aerial view of Onchan and Laxey
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 9172
- Official website
- www.onchan.org.im
- Image
- Isle-of-man-onchan-laxey.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01624
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- Commons category
- Onchan
- P8168
- Satoshi Fukuda
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Article
25 sectionsContents
- Early history
- The ''Butt''
- 20th century development
- Government House
- Transport
- Religion
- Facilities and accommodation
- Demographics
- Education
- Notable people
- Sport
- Football
- Stock cars
- Equestrian
- Golf
- Pleasure Park
- Glens
- Groudle Glen
- Molly Quirk's Glen
- Bibaloe Glen
- ''Raad Ny Foillan''
- Onchan wetlands
- Societies
- References
- External links
Onchan (; ) is a large village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with which it forms a conurbation.
In Manx the name for the village is Kione Droghad meaning "bridge end".
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