Articlave

Articlave (from Irish: Ard an Chléibh, meaning 'height of the basket')[1][2] is a village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is on the main A2 coastal road, 7 kilometres west of Coleraine. Castlerock railway station is 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north. In the past the area has been spelt as Ardacleve or Ardacleave.[1][2] It is situated within the Causeway Coast and Glens district.

Articlave
Articlave
Location within Northern Ireland
Population920 
• Belfast50 mi (80 km)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townCOLERAINE
Postcode districtBT51
Dialling code028
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
NI Assembly

2011 Census

On Census day in 2011:

2001 Census

Articlave is classified as a Small Village or Hamlet by the 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 Catholic background and 79.2% were from a Protestant background
  • 6.5% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.[3]

References
  1. Placenames NI - Articlave Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Ard an Chléibh/Articlave". Logainm.ie (in Ga). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  3. NI Neighbourhood Information Service


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