What is County Laois?
{{Infobox settlement |name = County Laois |other_name = {{Pad top italic|Contae Laoise}} |image_shield = Laoiscocologo.png |image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Laois.svg |area_total_km2 = 1720 |area_rank = [[List of Irish counties by area|23rd]] |seat_type = [[County town|County seat]] |seat = [[Port Laoise]] |blank_name_sec1 = [[Vehicle registration plates of Ireland|Car plates]] |blank_info_sec1 = LS |population = 80559 |population_rank = [[List of Irish counties by population|23th]] |population_as_of = 2011 |government_type = [[Laois County Council|County Council]] |subdivision_type3 = Dáil Éireann |subdivision_name3 = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Laois–Offaly]] |subdivision_type4 = EU Parliament |subdivision_name4 = [[Midland–North-West (European Parliament constituency)|Midlands–North-West]] |subdivision_type = [[Sovereign state|Country]] |subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Leinster]] |website = {{URL|http://www.laois.ie/}} }} '''County Laois''' ({{lang-ga|Contae Laoise}}) is a county of [[Ireland]]. County Laois is in the province of [[Leinster]]. County Laois takes its name from the [[medieval]] kingdom of Loígis. The population of County Laois is 80,559 as of 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thejournal.ie/census-2011-over-half-the-population-lives-in-leinster-400114-Mar2012/ |title=Census 2011: Over half the population lives in Leinster |publisher=TheJournal.ie |access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Counties of Ireland}} {{Europe-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Counties of Leinster|Laois]]