Belturbet
Belturbet
Béal Tairbirt | |
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Town | |
Main Street | |
| Coordinates: 54°06′N 7°27′W / 54.1°N 7.45°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Cavan |
| Barony | Loughtee Lower |
| Elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Population (2022) | 1,610 |
| Time zone | UTC±0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST) |
| Eircode routing key | H14 |
| Telephone area code | +353(0)49 |
| Irish Grid Reference | H361168 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 2,010 | — |
| 1831 | 2,026 | +0.8% |
| 1841 | 2,070 | +2.2% |
| 1851 | 2,054 | −0.8% |
| 1861 | 1,789 | −12.9% |
| 1871 | 1,759 | −1.7% |
| 1881 | 1,807 | +2.7% |
| 1891 | 1,675 | −7.3% |
| 1901 | 1,587 | −5.3% |
| 1911 | 1,371 | −13.6% |
| 1926 | 1,307 | −4.7% |
| 1936 | 1,341 | +2.6% |
| 1946 | 1,179 | −12.1% |
| 1951 | 1,152 | −2.3% |
| 1956 | 1,176 | +2.1% |
| 1961 | 1,093 | −7.1% |
| 1966 | 1,100 | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 1,092 | −0.7% |
| 1981 | 1,138 | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 1,228 | +7.9% |
| 1991 | 1,223 | −0.4% |
| 1996 | 1,248 | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 1,295 | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,411 | +9.0% |
| 2011 | 1,407 | −0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,369 | −2.7% |
| 2022 | 1,610 | +17.6% |
Belturbet (/bɛlˈtɜːrbət/; Irish: Béal Tairbirt, meaning 'mouth of the isthmus') is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the N3 road, around 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Cavan town and 123 km (76 mi) from Dublin. It is also located around 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the border with County Fermanagh, part of Northern Ireland, and is 36 km (22 mi) from Enniskillen. As of the 2022 census, the population was 1,610.