Artigarvan is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is near Strabane and within the Strabane District Council area. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 603 people. A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ... official_languages = Englishde facto5| Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked... Strabane (Irish, an Srath Bán, the White Strand) is a town in the west of County Tyrone in Northern Ireland on the border with County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. ... Strabane District Council is a Local Council in County Tyrone in the Occupied 6 Counties of Ireland. ... Census 2001 is the name by which the national census conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday 29 April 2001 is known. ...

2001 Census

Artigarvan is classified as a Small Village or Hamlet by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 603 people living in Artigarvan. Of these: April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

• 27.9% were aged under 16 years and 11.3% were aged 60 and over
• 51.1% of the population were male and 48.9% were female
• 6.8% were from a Catholic background and 92.5% were from a Protestant background
• 3.2% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed

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The Troubles

• 27 June 1989 - David Black (34), Protestant and an off-duty member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) was killed by a booby trap bomb attached to his car by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) outside his home, Ballyheather Road, Artigarvan.

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References

• NI Conflict Archive on the Internet

See Also

• List of villages in Northern Ireland
• List of towns in Northern Ireland