Articlave ()Placenames NI - Articlave
is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

and

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

County Londonderry County Londonderry (Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry (), is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland, count ...

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. It is on the main A2 coastal road, 7 kilometres west of

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, No ...

. Castlerock

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is to the north. In the past, the area has been spelt as ''Ardacleve'' or ''Ardacleave''. It is situated within the

Causeway Coast and Glens Causeway Coast and Glens is a local government district covering most of the northern part of Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ballymoney, the Borough of Coleraine, the Borough of Limavady and the Di ...

district.

Demographics

2011 Census

On Census day in 2011, the population of Articlave was 922. Of these: This article contains quotations from this source, which is available under th
Open Government Licence v3.0
© Crown copyright. *24.3% were aged under 16 years and 15.3% were aged 65 and over *48.8% were male and 51.2% were female *12.5% were from a

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background and 82.5% were from a

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background

2001 Census

Articlave is classified as a Small Village or Hamlet by th
NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
(i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 800 people living in Articlave. Of these: *26.0% were aged under 16 years and 14.9% were aged 60 and over *49.5% of the population were male and 50.5% were female *18.1% were from a

background and 79.2% were from a

background *6.5% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.NI Neighbourhood Information Service
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References

Villages in County Londonderry Causeway Coast and Glens district {{Londonderry-geo-stub