Artigarvan is a village

Village

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 in County Tyrone

County Tyrone

Historically Tyrone stretched as far north as Lough Foyle, and comprised part of modern day County Londonderry east of the River Foyle. The majority of County Londonderry was carved out of Tyrone between 1610-1620 when that land went to the Guilds of London to set up profit making schemes based on...

, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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. It is 3 miles from Strabane

Strabane

Strabane , historically spelt Straban,is a town in west County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It contains the headquarters of Strabane District Council....

 and 4 miles from Dunnamanagh

Donemana

Donemana or Dunnamanagh is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 11 kilometres north-east of Strabane, on the banks of the Burn Dennett and at the foothills of the Sperrins...

, within the Strabane District Council

Strabane District Council

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 area. TMC Dairies is located in Artigarvan having previously been known as Leckpatrick Creamery.

In July 2011 an Ulster Volunteer Force flag was removed from Artigarvan without prior consultation with the local community by the Police Service of Northern Ireland

Police Service of Northern Ireland

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.

A new flag has since been displayed

2001 Census

Artigarvan is classified as a small village or hamlet

Hamlet

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 by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 500 and 1,000 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 603 people living in Artigarvan. Of these:

• 27.9% were aged under 16 years and 11.3% were aged 60 and over
• 51.1% of the population were male and 48.9% were female
• 92.5% were from a Protestant
  Protestantism
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   background and 6.8% were from a Catholic
  Catholic
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  background
• 3.2% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed

For more details see the NI Neighbourhood Information Service