Antrim

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Antrim

Total population

20,001

Coordinates54.72°, -6.22°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Antrim is a town and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies on the banks of the Six Mile Water on the north-east shore of Lough Neagh. It had a population of 25,606 people in the 2021 census. It is the county town of County Antrim and was the administrative centre of Antrim Borough Council until its 2015 merger with Newtownabbey Borough Council to form Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. The town lies 14 miles (23 km) north-west of Belfast.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Northern Ireland

• Dunadry
  3.4 mi away
• Templepatrick
  4.7 mi away
• Aldergrove
  4.9 mi away
• Crumlin
  6.5 mi away
• Doagh
  7.2 mi away
• Glenavy
  8.5 mi away
• Ballyrobert
  8.6 mi away
• Taylorstown
  8.9 mi away
• Moneyglass
  9.1 mi away
• Ballyeaston
  9.7 mi away
• Dickeystown
  9.9 mi away
• Toome
  10.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Antrim

Whitehead County Antrim Northern Ireland

1969

Mudslide activity in east county Antrim, Northern Ireland

David Craig · 1979

County of Antrim

Antrim (Northern Ireland) · 1908

Brief historical notes on Randalstown, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

B. J. Gunn-King · 1973

Carrickfergus Castle, County Antrim (Northern Ireland Archaeological Monographs)

Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland · 1981

Petrology of Lower Permian Volcanic Rocks from the Larne No. 2 (Geothermal) Borehole, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland (BGS Reports)

R.K. Harrison · 1985

Granodiorite Intrusion of Cushleake Mountain, County Antrim, Northern Ireland

R. K. Harrison · 1978

Genealogy of the Hamiltons of Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland

Alastair M.T Maxwell-Irving · 1994

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Seen 2026-09-14

Creeping Yellowcress

Rorippa sylvestris

Seen 2026-09-14

Bog Yellowcress

Rorippa palustris

Seen 2026-09-14

Three-parted Beggarticks

Bidens tripartita

Seen 2026-09-14

spotted lady's thumb

Persicaria maculosa

Seen 2026-09-14

purple loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria

Seen 2026-09-14

red pigweed

Oxybasis rubra

Seen 2026-09-14

Two-spotted Lady Beetle

Adalia bipunctata

Seen 2026-09-14

Bronze Shield Bug

Troilus luridus

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).