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Bangor, County Down
Bangor ( )〔(Placenames Database of Ireland )〕 is a large town in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is a seaside resort on the southern side of Belfast Lough and within the Belfast Metropolitan Area. In 2007 the town was voted by UTV viewers as the most desirable place to live in Northern Ireland.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Borough of North Down )〕 It functions as a commuter town for the Greater Belfast area, which it is linked to by the A2 road and a direct railway line, usually known as ''the Bangor Line''. Bangor is situated 13.6 miles (22 km) east from the heart of Belfast, not far from George Best Belfast City Airport.
Bangor is part of the Ards North Down Council area. Tourism is important to the local economy, particularly in the summer months, and plans are being made for the long-delayed redevelopment of the seafront; a notable historical building in the town is Bangor Old Custom House. The largest plot of private land in the area, the Clandeboye Estate, which is located a few miles from the town centre, belongs to the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava. Bangor hosts the Royal Ulster and Ballyholme Yacht clubs. Bangor Marina is one of the largest in Ireland, and holds Blue Flag status. The town is twinned with Bregenz in Austria and Virginia Beach in the United States.
==Name==
The town was originally called "Inver Beg" after the (now culverted) stream which ran past the abbey.〔Bangor Abbey Through Fifteen Centuries. Published 1958. Bangor: Friends of Bangor Abbey. Canon James Hamilton M.A. ISBN 0-9511562-3-3〕 The name ''Bangor'' is derived from the Irish word ''Beannchor'' (modern Irish ''Beannchar'') meaning a horned or peaked curve or perhaps a staked enclosure, as the shape of Bangor Bay resembles the horns of a bull. It may also be linked to ''Beanna'', the Irish for cliffs. The area was also known as ''The Vale of Angels'', as Saint Patrick once rested there and is said to have had a vision filled with angels.
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