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Saintfield () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located in a civil parish of the same name about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 3,588 in the 2021 census, made up mostly of commuters working in both south and central Belfast, which is about 18 km away.

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Place details

Locality
Saintfield
Region
Northern Ireland / Tuaisceart Éireann
Country
United Kingdom
Population
3,327
Timezone
Europe/London

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

UK place.official_name
Saintfield
UK place.irish_name
Tamhnaigh Naomh
UK place.scots_name
Sanfiel
UK place.static_image_name
Main Street, Saintfield (2) - geograph.org.uk - 1456469.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Main Street, Saintfield
UK place.map_type
Northern Ireland
UK place.label_position
none
UK place.population
3,588
UK place.population_ref
(2021 census)
UK place.unitary_northern_ireland
Newry, Mourne and Down
UK place.country
Northern Ireland
UK place.post_town
BALLYNAHINCH
UK place.postcode_area
BT
UK place.postcode_district
BT24
UK place.dial_code
028
UK place.constituency_westminster
Strangford (until 2024) Belfast South and Mid Down (from 2024 General Election)
UK place.constituency_ni_assembly
Strangford
UK place.lieutenancy_northern_ireland
County Down

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Wikidata facts

Population
3381
Image
Main Street, Saintfield.jpg
Dialing code
028
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Commons category
Saintfield
postal code
BT24
native label
Tamhnaigh Naomh
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Saintfield () is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is located in a civil parish of the same name about halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. It had a population of 3,588 in the 2021 census, made up mostly of commuters working in both south and central Belfast, which is about 18 km away.

Running east to west across the A7 is the B6 road, and to the west of this crossroads is Main Street, which takes one towards Lisburn and Ballynahinch, and to the east is Station Road which takes one towards Killyleagh.

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