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{{short description|Seaport in County Cork, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox settlement | settlement_type = Town | name = Cobh | native_name = {{lang|ga|An Cóbh}} | native_name_lang = ga | image_shield = Cobh Coat of Arms.png | motto = {{lang|la|Statio Fidissima Classi}} ("The Fleet's Safest Post"){{spaces|2}}<small>([[Latin language|Latin]])</small> | image_skyline = Cobhgallery.jpg | image_caption = '''Clockwise from top''': Cobh and [[St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh|St Colman's Cathedral]] as seen from Cobh Harbour; a row of Victorian houses known locally as the "deck of cards"; and the neoclassical former Methodist Church | pushpin_map = Ireland | pushpin_label_position = left | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|51.851|-8.2967|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}} | blank_name_sec1 = Irish Grid Reference | blank_info_sec1 = {{iem4ibx|W793666}} | unit_pref = Metric | elevation_m = 47 | subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]] | subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] | subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] | subdivision_name1 = [[Munster]] | subdivision_type2 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] | subdivision_name2 = [[County Cork]] | subdivision_type3 = {{lang|ga|Dáil Éireann|italic=no}} | subdivision_name3 = [[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]] | area_urban_footnotes = <ref name=cso2016>{{cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 |title=Population Density and Area Size 2016 |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] |access-date=26 December 2017 |archive-date=24 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324025223/https://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Statire/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=E2014&PLanguage=0&PXSId=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> | area_urban_km2 = 5.1 | population_as_of = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]] | population_footnotes = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=833d33b0-b72c-4dec-8d6d-33c14fccd06e | title = Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Cobh | work = Census 2022 | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]]| access-date = 26 September 2023}}</ref> | population_total = 14,148 | population_density_km2 = 2,774.1 | website = {{URL|visitcobh.com}} | area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]] | area_code = +353(0)21 | postal_code_type = [[Eircode]] routing key | postal_code = P24 | timezone = [[Western European Time|WET]] | utc_offset = ±0 | timezone_DST = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] | utc_offset_DST = +1 }} [[File:Cobh.png|thumb|267x267px|Map of Cobh]] '''Cobh''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|oʊ|v}} {{respell|KOHV|'}},{{nbsp}}{{Irish place name|An Cóbh}}), known from 1849 until 1920 as '''Queenstown''', is a seaport town on the south coast of [[County Cork]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. With a population of 14,148 inhabitants at the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]],<ref name=cso2022/> Cobh is on the south side of [[Great Island]] in [[Cork Harbour]] and home to Ireland's only dedicated [[Passenger terminal (maritime)|cruise terminal]]. Tourism in the area draws on the maritime and emigration legacy of the town. Facing the town are [[Spike Island, County Cork|Spike]] and [[Haulbowline]] islands. On a high point in the town stands [[St Colman's Cathedral, Cobh|St Colman's]], the cathedral church of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne]]. It is one of the [[list of tallest structures in Ireland|tallest buildings in Ireland]], standing at 91.4 metres (300 ft).
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