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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = County Wexford
|other_name             = {{Pad top italic|Contae Loch Gorman}}
|image_shield           = IRL_COA_County_Wexford_3D.svg
|image_map              = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Wexford.svg
|area_total_km2         = 2367
|area_rank              = [[List of Irish counties by area|13th]]
|seat_type              = [[County town|County seat]]
|seat                   = [[Wexford]]
|blank_name_sec1        = [[Vehicle registration plates of Ireland|Car plates]]
|blank_info_sec1        = WX
|population             = 145320
|population_rank        = [[List of Irish counties by population|14th]]
|population_as_of       = 2011
|government_type        = [[Wexford County Council|County Council]]
|subdivision_type3      = Dáil Éireann
|subdivision_name3      = [[Wexford (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Wexford]]
|subdivision_type4      = EU Parliament
|subdivision_name4      = [[South (European Parliament constituency)|South]]
|subdivision_type       = [[Sovereign state|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Leinster]]
|website                = {{URL|http://www.wexford.ie/}}
}}
'''County Wexford''' ({{lang-ga|Contae Loch Gorman}}) is a [[county]] in [[Ireland]]. County Wexford is in the [[province]] of [[Leinster]]. It is named after the county [[town]] of [[Wexford]]. The [[population]] of County Wexford is 145,320 as of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/regionals/goreyguardian/news/thats-the-new-official-population-of-wexford-census-results-show-27352927.html |title=That's the new official population of Wexford, census results show |publisher=Independent.ie |access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> 

==Culture==
[[Beach]]es in County Wexford were used to make the [[movie]] ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.

There is a great [[singing]] [[tradition]] in County Wexford, especially in traditional [[music]], many of which are about the 1798 [[rebellion]]. 

==Media==
* There are two [[radio station]]s in County Wexford, ''South East Radio'' and ''Beat FM''. 
* The county's main [[newspaper]]s are ''Wexford People'', ''New Ross Standard'', ''Gorey Guardian'' and ''Enniscorthy Echo''.

==Population==
As of 2011 62.1% of people in County Wexford live in [[rural area]]s. The remaining 37.9% live in [[urban area]]s. 34.3% of the population were under the age of 25 and 12.6% were over the age of 65. 87.9% of County Wexford said in the [[census]] that their [[religion]] was [[Roman Catholic]]. Another 4.2% said they had no religion. Between 2006 and 2011, the population of County Wexford rose by 10% (13,524) people.

==Notable people== 
* [[Eoin Colfer]] is a famous [[author]] who wrote [[books]] such as ''[[Artemis Fowl]]''.
* [[Kevin Doyle]] is a [[Soccer|soccer player]] who plays for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers]] and the [[Republic of Ireland national football team]].

== References ==
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[[Category:Counties of Leinster|Wexford]]