County Westmeath

Westmeath is a redirect to this article. On the Austrian field marshal, see Laval Nugent von Westmeath .

County Westmeath
Contae na hIarmhí

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Basic data
Country:	Ireland
Administrative headquarters:	Mullingar
Province:	Leinster
Irish name:	To Iarmhí
Surface:	1825 km²
Residents:	88,396 (2016)
License Plate:	WH

Westmeath ( Irish At Iarmhi ) is a county ( county ) in the Republic of Ireland .

Flag of County Westmeath

geography

The county lies in the Central Irish Plain and is bounded to the west by the River Shannon and Lough Ree .

history

In the Middle Ages the area belonged to the Kingdom of Meath ( Cro Inis ). 1173 the area was used by the Anglo-Normans conquered and under the name of domination Lochsewdy first to the De Lacy , awarded later to the Verdun fief. In 1316 the area was reunited with the rest of Meath and only separated as an independent county in 1543.

economy

In agriculture , dairy farming predominates; only the county seat of Mullingar and Athlone have textile industries and distilleries .

politics

The distribution of seats in the county council after the local elections on May 23, 2014:

Political party	Seats
Fianna Fáil	8th
Fine Gael	5
Sinn Féin	3
Labor Party	2
Non-party	2

Westmeath, together with County Longford, forms a constituency that sends four members to the Irish Parliament ( Dáil Éireann ); in the last election in 2016, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, Fine Gael and an independent candidate each won one seat.

Cities and villages

• Mullingar
• Athlone
• Moydrum
• Moate
• Kinnegad
• Castlelost
• Killucan
• Kilbeggan
• Multyfarnham
• Delvin
• Castlepollard

Attractions

• St. Munna's Church
• Lough Derravaragh Nature Reserve
• Castlelost Castle ruins

Web links

Commons : County Westmeath  - Album containing pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 53 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 0 ″  W.