Editing Larne (section)

{{Short description|Town (and civil parish) in County Antrim, Northern Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
| official_name = Larne
| irish_name   = Latharna<ref name=pn/>
| static_image_name = LARNE TOWN.jpg
| static_image_width = 300px
| static_image_caption = 2020 view looking south-east towards Larne Harbour, [[Islandmagee]], and down the length of [[Larne Lough]]
| static_image_2_name = Larne_coat_of_arms.png
| static_image_2_caption = Larne Coat of Arms
| map_type = Northern Ireland
| coordinates = {{coord|54|51|06|N|05|48|48|W|display=inline,title}}
| belfast_distance_km = 30
| population = 18,853
| population_ref = ([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]])
| irish_grid_reference = D4102
| unitary_northern_ireland = [[Mid and East Antrim Borough Council|Mid and East Antrim]]
| country = <!-- This for the constituent country within the UK; sovereign state is included automatically -->Northern Ireland
|historic_county=
|post_town = LARNE
| postcode_area = BT
| postcode_district = BT40
| dial_code = 028
| constituency_westminster = [[East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)|East Antrim]]
| constituency_ni_assembly = [[East Antrim (Assembly constituency)|East Antrim]]
| lieutenancy_northern_ireland = [[County Antrim]]
}}
'''Larne''' ({{Irish derived place name|Latharna}}, {{IPA|ga|ˈl̪ˠahəɾˠn̪ˠə|pron}}, the name of a [[Gaelic Ireland|Gaelic]] territory){{elucidate|date=February 2025}}<ref name=pn>[http://www.logainm.ie/1411592.aspx Larne/Latharna]. [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Postal%20Towns%20-%20Bailte%20Poist.pdf | title=Postal Towns/Bailte Poist | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207025728/http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/PDF%20Files/Postal%20Towns%20-%20Bailte%20Poist.pdf |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}. [http://www.ulsterplacenames.org/street-names_project.htm Northern Ireland Place-Name Project]. [[Queen's University Belfast]].</ref><ref>Room, Adrian. ''Placenames of the World''. McFarland, 2006. p.213</ref> is a town on the east coast of [[County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]], with a population of 18,853 at the [[2021 United Kingdom census|2021 census]].<ref name="2021 pop"/> It is a major passenger and freight [[Roll-on/roll-off|roll-on roll-off]] port.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.portoflarne.co.uk/about-us/history/|title=Port of Larne – About Us – History|first=Website design and website development by|last=Tibus|access-date=16 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310020107/http://www.portoflarne.co.uk/about-us/history|archive-date=10 March 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> Larne is administered by [[Mid and East Antrim Borough Council]]. Together with parts of the neighbouring districts of [[Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council|Antrim and Newtownabbey]] and [[Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council|Causeway Coast and Glens]], it forms the [[East Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)|East Antrim constituency]] for elections to the [[Westminster Parliament]] and [[Northern Ireland Assembly]]. The civil parish is in the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Glenarm Upper]].<ref name=Ire>{{cite web|title=Larne|url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/|website=IreAtlas Townlands Database|access-date=20 April 2015}}</ref>