Editing Comber (section)

{{Short description|Town in County Down, Northern Ireland}}
{{about|town in Northern Ireland|the community in Ontario, Canada|Lakeshore, Ontario|the fish|Comber (fish)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name                = Comber
| irish_name                   = an Comar
| scots_name                   = Commer<ref>[http://archive.niassembly.gov.uk/record/reports2007/080414.htm Official Report Monday 14 April 2008] Northern Ireland Assembly. Retrieved 11 June 2012.</ref>
| local_name                   = 
| static_image                 = 
| static_image_caption         = 
| map_type                     = Northern Ireland
| coordinates                  = {{coord|54.550278|-5.745278|display=inline,title}}
| irish_grid_reference         = J 45944 69241
| population                   = 9,071
| population_ref               = ([[United Kingdom census, 2011|2011 Census]])
| unitary_northern_ireland     = [[Ards and North Down Borough Council|Ards and North Down]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Down]]
| constituency_westminster     = [[Strangford (UK Parliament constituency)|Strangford]]
| country                      = Northern Ireland
| post_town                    = NEWTOWNARDS
| postcode_area                = BT
| postcode_district            = BT23
| dial_code                    = 028
| constituency_ni_assembly     = [[Strangford (Assembly constituency)|Strangford]]
}}
'''Comber''' ({{Irish derived place name|An Comar|the confluence}} {{IPAc-en|'|k|ʌ|m|(|b|)|@r}}, {{respell|CUM|ber}}, locally {{respell|cummer}})<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s5MNAAAAIAAJ&q=comber+b+pronounced+down|title=Down in the Free State|first=Sam|last=McAughtry|date=27 December 1987|publisher=Gill and Macmillan|isbn=9780717115228|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="PN">{{cite web | title=Comber| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=12014 | access-date=21 February 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011629/http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=12014 | archive-date=12 February 2019}}</ref> is a town in [[County Down]], Northern Ireland. It lies {{Convert | 5 | mi | 0}} south of [[Newtownards]], at the northern end of [[Strangford Lough]]. It is situated in the [[townland]] of Town Parks, the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Comber (civil parish)|Comber]] and the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Castlereagh Lower]].<ref name="PN"/> Comber is part of the [[Ards and North Down Borough Council|Ards and North Down Borough]]. It is also known for [[Comber Whiskey]] which was last distilled in 1953. A notable native was [[Thomas Andrews (shipbuilder)|Thomas Andrews]], the designer of the {{RMS|Titanic}} and was among the many who went down with her. Comber had a population of 9,071 people in the [[United Kingdom census, 2011|2011 Census]].<ref name=Census2011>{{cite web | url = https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Comber@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Comber@23? | title = Census 2011 Population Statistics for Comber Settlement | publisher = [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) | access-date = 7 August 2019}}</ref>