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Munster

First-level unit, Ireland: people, area, the units inside and neighbours, with risk values when released.

Page GRX-IRL-REdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30ISO IRL / IEStatus UN member stateValues not yet publishedMethod v1.0.0-draft
1,220,595
people (GHSL 2025)
24,017 km²
area
24.5%
of Ireland
45
units inside
01Map

Inside Munster

The 45 ADM2 units of Munster.

FIG 1 · 45 units inside Munster
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Units rise with people per km² · GHSL 2025 raster · terrain · ADM1 ADM2Risk values when released
Lowest fifthLow fifthMiddle fifthHigh fifthHighest fifthNo data
Column height and colour show people per km² by unit, in quantile fifths among the units shown (the key on the map gives the breaks); units with no people on the grid are grey, not the lowest class; the raster beneath is the GHSL 2025 population grid. Source observations, not index values. Select a unit to drill into the units inside it; the path above the map climbs back.
02Figures

People, area and density

Source observations from open grids summed inside the boundary; not index values.

People · GHSL 2025

1,220,595

24.5% of Ireland.

People · WorldPop 2025

1,319,016

+8% against GHSL; the two grids differ in method.

Area

24,017 km²

51 people per km².

Code

IE-M

Subdivision code as carried by the boundary source.

Low coastal zone

126,076

people on land at or below 10 m, 10.3% of the unit (GEBCO 2024 and GHSL 2025).

03Units

45 units inside Munster

Each unit has its own page.

Boundary licences: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)

UnitCodePeople (GHSL)People (WorldPop)Area km²Per km²ShareCoast ≤ 10 m
ADARE-RATHKEALE LEA-6–32,91933,012754.53442.7%4,297
BANDON – KINSALE LEA-6–39,36140,562644.55613.2%210
BANTRY-WEST CORK LEA-4–22,20821,8351,232.56181.8%672
CAHIR LEA-4–14,63515,046538.3271.2%0
CAPPAMORE-KILMALLOCK LEA-7–37,59136,2711,030.83363.1%0
CARRICK-ON-SUIR LEA-5–14,70514,593579.94251.2%18
CARRIGALINE LEA-6–31,59135,906181.731742.6%1,704
CASHEL-TIPPERARY LEA-7–28,85929,774774.21372.4%0
CASTLEISLAND LEA-4–16,94218,018678.56251.4%403
CLONMEL LEA-6–24,78724,741249.4992%7
COBH LEA-6–51,94752,483295.081764.3%7,704
CORCA DHUIBHNE LEA-3–8,8399,241654.99130.7%2,492
CORK CITY NORTH EAST LEA-6–50,48158,97340.91,2344.1%685
CORK CITY NORTH WEST LEA-6–16,02717,50957.422791.3%0
CORK CITY SOUTH CENTRAL LEA-6–41,18851,62416.742,4603.4%4,523
CORK CITY SOUTH EAST LEA-6–42,72045,82232.071,3323.5%3,660
CORK CITY SOUTH WEST LEA-7–30,17735,19138.97762.5%1,232
DUNGARVAN LEA-6–12,29611,933400.22311%1,315
ENNIS LEA-7–28,86933,651172.181682.4%12,767
ENNISTIMON LEA-4–15,19717,443903.45171.2%492
FERMOY LEA-6–42,03741,782942.42453.4%132
KANTURK LEA-4–28,11527,351921.88302.3%0
KENMARE LEA-6–23,27727,4631,857.64131.9%1,624
KILLALOE LEA-5–20,02821,730963.43211.6%0
KILLARNEY LEA-7–26,40932,054576.58462.2%26
KILRUSH LEA-5–20,94622,2731,138.74181.7%2,072
LIMERICK CITY EAST LEA-7–42,23349,142125.343373.5%10,770
LIMERICK CITY NORTH LEA-7–42,08056,217212,0043.4%27,569
LIMERICK CITY WEST LEA-7–13,25915,64777.91701.1%4,374
LISMORE LEA-3–14,39814,702518.57281.2%1,444
LISTOWEL LEA-6–30,12130,579812.15372.5%4,483
MACROOM LEA-6–50,07851,7761,191.35424.1%0
MALLOW LEA-5–30,59631,124568.75542.5%0
MIDLETON LEA-7–40,94242,933550.91743.4%6,985
NENAGH LEA-5–20,63322,945633.8331.7%0
NEWCASTLE WEST LEA-6–24,70924,650734.71342%50
PORTLAW-KILMACTHOMAS LEA-5–25,76926,075710.47362.1%1,863
ROSCREA-TEMPLEMORE LEA-4–13,07813,316491.23271.1%0
SHANNON LEA-7–27,24128,175258.181062.2%7,570
SKIBBEREEN-WEST CORK LEA-5–29,75830,821756.84392.4%1,175
THURLES LEA-5–19,85719,932453.44441.6%0
TRALEE LEA-7–31,59135,614211.921492.6%9,393
TRAMORE-WATERFORD CITY WEST LEA-6–9,6559,40377.431250.8%76
WATERFORD CITY EAST LEA-6–16,13918,646111.261451.3%1,137
WATERFORD CITY SOUTH LEA-6–16,30821,04134.654711.3%3,148
04Exposure

Open exposure layers

Count of H3 resolution-3 cells whose centre falls in the unit and that carry each Natural Earth layer.

Urban areas
84.4 H3 cells
Ports
4 H3 cells
Airports
1 H3 cells
Major roads
1,235.3 H3 cells
Railways
787.5 H3 cells
Rivers and lakes
139.9 H3 cells
05Risk

Risk values

Values when released. Subnational risk values for Munster publish with the edition from The Global Risks Index. Until then, run a scenario on open data for Ireland.
06Neighbours

Neighbouring units

07Sources

Sources, credits and licences

ADM1 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen IRL ADM1, source: Ordce Survey Ireland, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2022
ADM2 boundaries
geoBoundaries (William & Mary geoLab), gbOpen IRL ADM2, source: Ordce Survey Ireland, licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) · source · represents 2015
Basemap
OpenFreeMap © OpenMapTiles (CC BY 4.0) · data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). Vector tiles requested by the reader’s browser, unmodified; the map falls back to plain land and sea when the host does not answer.
Terrain
Terrain Tiles (Mapzen, AWS Open Data), compiled from SRTM and other public elevation sources (NASA, USGS, ETOPO1, GMTED, EU-DEM under the Copernicus programme, Geoscience Australia, Kartverket, INEGI, LINZ, data.gov.uk). Display relief, not survey data.
People
GHSL 2025 population grid, European Commission Joint Research Centre (CC BY 4.0), shown at 0.05° and summed per unit; WorldPop 2025 (CC BY 4.0) as a second estimate. Units smaller than a grid cell take the density of the cell under them.
Countries
Natural Earth (public domain).
Elevation
GEBCO Compilation Group (2024) GEBCO 2024 Grid (public domain), reduced to 0.05°: the share of each cell’s land at or below 10 m, weighted by GHSL 2025 people for the low coastal zone.
Position
Boundaries are shown for location only and take no position on any boundary, name or status.
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