County's administrative centre in Ireland and Great Britain
In Great Britain and Ireland, a county town is the most important town or city in a county.[dubious – discuss] It is usually the location of administrative or judicial functions within a county, and the place where public representatives are elected to parliament. Following the establishment of county councils in England 1889, the headquarters of the new councils were usually established in the county town of each county; however, the concept of a county town pre-dates these councils.
The concept of a county town is ill-defined and unofficial. Some counties in Great Britain have their administrative bodies housed elsewhere. For example, Lancaster is the county town of Lancashire, but the county council is in Preston. Due to the creation of unitary authorities, some county towns in Great Britain are administratively separate from the county. For example, Nottingham is separated from the rest of Nottinghamshire, and Brighton and Hove is separate from East Sussex. On a ceremonial level, both are in their own respective counties geographically.
In Great Britain and Ireland, a countytown is the most important town or city in a county.[dubious – discuss] It is usually the location of administrative...
equivalent term, shire town, is used in the U.S. state of Vermont and in several other English-speaking jurisdictions. Countytowns usually serve a similar...
Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell or Tirconaill (Tír Chonaill)...
became the historic counties of England, calling them shires; many county names derive from the name of the countytown (county seat) with the word shire...
people" to leave town by sundown. Entire sundown counties and sundown suburbs were created as well. While the number of sundown towns decreased following...
constitutes the Town and County of Nantucket, a combined county/town government in the state of Massachusetts. Nantucket is the southeasternmost town in both...
government area. County Meath's former countytown was Trim. County Offaly's former countytown was Philipstown. County Tipperary's former countytowns were Clonmel...
Longfort) is the countytown of County Longford in Ireland. It had a population of 10,952 at the 2022 census. It is the biggest town in the county and about...
Wear and County Durham to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The town of Blyth is the largest settlement while Alnwick is the historic countytown. The county...
north-west. The countytown is Maidstone. It is the fifth most populous county in England, the most populous non-metropolitan county and the most populous...
town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. It is Ireland's largest inland county...
hollow") is the countytown of County Cavan in Ireland. The town lies in Ulster, near the border with County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. The town is bypassed...
port-LEESH), or Port Laoise (Irish: [ˌpˠɔɾˠt̪ˠˈl̪ˠiːʃə]), is the countytown of County Laois, Ireland. It is located in the South Midlands in the province...
county by area and 26th most populous. Its countytown and largest town is Roscommon. Roscommon County Council is the local authority for the county....
Warrington is the largest settlement, and the city of Chester is the countytown. The county has an area of 905 square miles (2,344 km2) and had a population...
and the countytown of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest...
market town on the north bank of the River Tees, in County Durham, England. The town is named after and built around a medieval castle ruin. The town's Bowes...
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, from Irish Aontroim, meaning "lone ridge") is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within...
Norman-derived word for its countytown Shrewsbury; "Oxon" for Oxfordshire, from Latin Oxonium (referring to both the county and the city of Oxford); "Hants"...
capital and largest town in the county. Sligo County Council is the local authority for the county. The population of the county was 70,198 at the 2022...
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