Editing Navan (section)

{{short description |Town in County Meath, Ireland}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Navan
|native_name            = {{Irish place name|An Uaimh}}
|native_name_lang       = ga
|image_skyline          = MarketSquareNavan.JPG
|image_caption          = Market Square
| image_shield          = Navan Coat of Arms.png
| shield_size           = 150px
| mapsize               = 230px
| map_caption           = Location of Navan in Ireland
| pushpin_map           = Ireland#Europe
| pushpin_relief        = 1
|pushpin_label_position = right
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|coordinates            = {{coord|53.6528|-6.6814|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
|subdivision_type       = [[List of Sovereign states|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Dáil constituency]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Leinster]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[County Meath]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[Meath West (Dáil constituency)|Meath West]]
|unit_pref              = Metric
|elevation_m            = 42
|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population_footnotes   =<ref name="CSO 2022">{{cite web |url=https://data.cso.ie/table/F1013 |title=Census 2022 Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement |publisher=[[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] |year=2022 |access-date=30 June 2023 }}</ref>
|population_rank        = [[List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland|9th]]
|population_blank1_title= Urban
|population_blank1      = 33,886
|website                = {{URL|www.meath.ie}}
|settlement_type   =
| area_code_type = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area code]]
| area_code = +353(0)46
| postal_code_type        =[[Eircode]] routing key
| postal_code             =C15
|timezone                = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset              = ±0
|timezone_DST            = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset_DST          = +1
}}

'''Navan''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|æ|v|ən}} {{respell|NAV|ən}}; {{Irish place name|An Uaimh}} {{IPA|ga|ənˠ ˈuəvʲ|}}, meaning "the Cave")<ref name=logainm>{{Cite web |title=An Uaimh/Navan |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/37598 |access-date=2023-07-30 |website=logainm.ie |language=en}}</ref> is the [[county town]] and largest town of [[County Meath]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Navan {{!}} Meath County Council Online Consultation Portal |url=https://consult.meath.ie/ga/consultation/meath-draft-county-development-plan/chapter/navan |access-date=2023-10-06 |website=consult.meath.ie}}</ref>  It is at the [[confluence]] of the [[River Boyne]] and [[Leinster Blackwater|Blackwater]], around 50&nbsp;km northwest of [[Dublin]]. At the [[2022 census of Ireland|2022 census]], it had a population of 33,886, making it the [[List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland|ninth largest settlement]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].<ref name="CSO 2022" /> The town is in a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of the same name.<ref name=logainm/>