OSNI Placename Gazetteer: 336 Towns and Villages in Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland's geographical index contains a list of 336 towns and villages. The dataset is published by OpenDataNI for Open Data under the OGL-UK-3.0 license. It was last updated on 2026-07-08.

Use Cases

• Geocoding addresses based on the list of 336 placenames.
• Mapping settlements for regional planning based on the gazetteer entries.
• Enriching location data for Northern Ireland based on the published geographical index.

Strengths

• Contains 336 distinct placenames for Northern Ireland.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats including CSV, GEOJSON, and KML.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

OpenDataNI

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:17.278958; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Ireland