OSNI Placename Gazetteer for 336 Towns and Villages in Northern Ireland

OpenDataNI publishes the OSNI Open Data - Placename Gazetteer, a geographical index of 336 towns and villages across Northern Ireland. The dataset is available in multiple formats including CSV, GEOJSON, and KML, and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It is released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Geocoding and reverse geocoding based on a list of 336 placenames.
• Mapping and visualization of Northern Irish settlements based on the gazetteer entries.
• Integrating standardized location references into databases or search systems based on the geographical index.

Strengths

• Contains a specific list of 336 towns and villages.
• Offers data in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON and KML.
• Has a clear update timestamp of 2026-07-08 13:31:15.159402.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:15.159402; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland