Onchan
54 10 '25 "N 4 26' 22" W / 54.173611, -4.4394444
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Onchan is a village , a parish and a district of the Isle of Man. Even if it is, administratively, a village, it has the second most populated municipality of the island, after Douglas , with which it forms a conurbation. In the census of 2001 , its population was 8,803 inhabitants.
In Manx , the parish and the village have different names. They say Connaghyn ("St. Conchan") for the parish and Kione Droghad ("End of the Bridge") for the village.
Kione Droghad
Onchan is considered a bedroom community to the extent that the majority of its residents worked in the Douglas area.
The village has two schools and one college. There are also many shops including a small shopping center (Village Walk Onchan), and an amusement park (Onchan Pleasure Park), which includes a lake, a golf course , a lot of football , short of tennis and a circuit of karting.
Connaghyn
Onchan (formerly called Conchan "because it was dedicated to St. Conchan) lies on a bay north of Douglas. The parish stretches from Cairns and Port Gerjoil Groudle to the town of Douglas, and the River Glass and Baldwin East Valley to the Irish Sea.
External Links
- (In) Manxnotebook - Onchan with full description of the parish
- (In) [pdf] Isle of Man Building Control Districts showing parish boundaries
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