The Dublin region
County Dublin (Irish: Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly today the Dublin Region (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of
Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland as well as the largest city on the island of Ireland; and the modern counties of Dun
Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. The Dublin Regional Authority is the regional authority for the region. Dublin was one of the oldest of the
Counties of Ireland to be formally structured.
Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital of and largest city in Ireland, near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River
Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. Founded as a centre of Viking settlement, the city has been Ireland's capital since medieval times.
The city of Dublin is the entire area administered by Dublin City Council, but can also refer to the contiguous suburban areas that run into the adjacent
local authority areas of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. This area is sometimes known as 'Urban Dublin' or the 'Dublin Metropolitan Area'.
The population of the administrative area controlled by Dublin City Council was 505,739 at the census of 2006. At the same census, the Dublin Region
population was 1,186,159, and the Greater Dublin Area 1,661,185. (estimated by the CSO to reach 2.1 million by 2021). Today, approximately 40% of the
population of Ireland live within a 100 km (60mi) fan radius of this east coast city.
A person from Dublin is known as a Dubliner or colloquially as a Dub, or, pejoratively, a Jackeen.
In a 2003 European-wide survey by the BBC, questioning 11,200 residents of 112 urban and rural areas, Dublin was the best capital city in Europe to live
in, and Ireland the most content country in Europe................
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