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County Roscommon
Contae Ros Comáin
County
Coat of arms of County Roscommon
Motto(s): 
Latin: Constans Hiberniae Cor
"Steadfast Irish heart"
Location of County Roscommon
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
RegionNorthern and Western
Establishedc. 1569[1][2]
County townRoscommon
Government
 • Local authorityRoscommon County Council
 • Dáil constituenciesRoscommon–Galway
Sligo–Leitrim
 • EP constituencyMidlands–North-West
Area
[3]
 • Total2,548 km2 (984 sq mi)
 • Rank11th
Highest elevation
(Seltannasaggart)
428 m (1,404 ft)
Population
 (2022)[4]
 • Total70,259
 • Rank26th
 • Density28/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC±0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing keys
F42, F45, F52 (primarily)
Telephone area codes071, 090 (primarily)
Vehicle index
mark code
RN
WebsiteOfficial website Edit this at Wikidata
Map

County Roscommon (Irish: Contae Ros Comáin) is a county in Ireland. It is part of the province of Connacht and the Northern and Western Region. It is the 11th largest Irish county by area and 26th most populous. Its county town and largest town is Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 69,995 as of the 2022 census.[4]

  1. ^ Mannion, Joseph (20 June 2019). "Elizabethan County Galway: The Origin and Evolution of an Administrative Unit of Tudor Local Government". Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society. 64: 64–89. JSTOR 24612855.
  2. ^ "County Galway, Ireland Genealogy Genealogy – FamilySearch Wiki". familysearch.org. Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
  3. ^ "County Profiles – Roscommon". Western Development Commission. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Census of Population 2022 – Preliminary Results". Central Statistics Office. 23 June 2022.

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