County Laois

Summary

County Laois is a county of Ireland^[1]. It draws 474 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_ireland category, ranking #21 of 26).^[2]

Key Facts

• County Laois is located in Leinster^[3].
• County Laois is located in Midlands Region^[4].
• County Laois is in the country of Ireland^[5].
• County Laois's image is recorded as County Laois (506869) (28591020473).jpg^[6].
• County Laois's instance of is recorded as county of Ireland^[7].
• County Laois's capital is recorded as Port Laoise^[8].
• County Laois's flag image is recorded as Flag of the counties of Cavan and Laois.svg^[9].
• County Laois's shares border with is recorded as County Offaly^[10].
• County Laois's shares border with is recorded as County Kildare^[11].
• County Laois's shares border with is recorded as County Carlow^[12].
• County Laois's shares border with is recorded as County Kilkenny^[13].
• County Laois's shares border with is recorded as County Tipperary^[14].
• County Laois's coat of arms image is recorded as Laoiscocologo.png^[15].
• County Laois's coat of arms image is recorded as Arms of County Laois.svg^[16].
• County Laois's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Graiguecullen–Portarlington^[17].
• County Laois's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Borris-in-Ossory–Mountmellick^[18].
• County Laois's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Portlaoise^[19].
• County Laois's twinned administrative body is recorded as Franklin^[20].
• County Laois's legislative body is recorded as legislative body of Laois County Council^[21].
• County Laois's executive body is recorded as office of the Cathaoirleach of Laois County Council^[22].
• County Laois's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 150132941^[23].
• County Laois's GND ID is recorded as 4407579-0^[24].
• County Laois's locator map image is recorded as Island of Ireland location map Laois.svg^[25].
• County Laois's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n83053209^[26].
• County Laois's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as IE-LS^[27].

Body

Geography

County Laois is in the country of Ireland^[5]. Located in include Leinster^[3], a province of Ireland^[28], in Ireland^[29] and Midlands Region^[4], a NUTS 3 statistical region of the Republic of Ireland^[30], in Ireland^[31].

Physical Characteristics

County Laois's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+1720.0'}^[32]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+67012'}^[33].

Designation and Status

County Laois's instance of is recorded as county of Ireland^[7].

History and Context

+1556-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of County Laois^[34].

Why It Matters

County Laois draws 474 Wikipedia views per month (county_of_ireland category, ranking #21 of 26).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]