Editing County Roscommon (section)

==Geography==
County Roscommon has an area of {{convert|2548|km2}}.<ref name=WDC/> [[Lough Key]] in north Roscommon is noted for having thirty-two islands. The [[geographical centre of Ireland]] is located on the western shore of [[Lough Ree]] in the south of the county.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osi.ie/en/faq/faq3.aspx |title=Ordnance Survey Ireland: FAQs |access-date=2016-02-07 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228155031/http://www.osi.ie/en/faq/faq3.aspx |archive-date=28 February 2012 }}</ref>

Roscommon is the third largest of Connacht's five counties by size and the second-smallest in terms of population. It ranks 11th in size of Ireland's 32 counties, but 26th in terms of population, making it the 3rd most sparsely populated county after Leitrim and Mayo. The county borders every other [[Connacht]] county: [[County Galway|Galway]], [[County Mayo|Mayo]], [[County Sligo|Sligo]], and [[County Leitrim|Leitrim]], as well as three [[Leinster]] counties: [[County Longford|Longford]], [[County Westmeath|Westmeath]], and [[County Offaly|Offaly]]. In 2008, a news report said that statistically, people from Roscommon have the longest life expectancy of any county on the island of Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0812/health.html |title=Roscommon tops life expectancy study |date=12 August 2008 |work=RTÉ News |publisher=RTÉ Commercial Enterprises |location=Dublin |access-date=19 August 2009 |archive-date=4 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904072830/http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0812/health.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Seltannasaggart]], which is located along the northern border with [[County Leitrim]], is the tallest point in County Roscommon, measuring to a height of 
{{convert|428|m|ft|2|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mountainviews.ie/summit/698/?PHPSESSID=87tvm76ra11k249hp2l55gf6b2|title=Seltannasaggart 428m hill, Arigna Mountains Ireland at MountainViews.ie|website=mountainviews.ie|access-date=10 November 2016|archive-date=10 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110173532/http://mountainviews.ie/summit/698/?PHPSESSID=87tvm76ra11k249hp2l55gf6b2|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Largest towns by population===
According to the 2016 census:<ref name=WDC/>
#[[Roscommon]] 5,876
#[[Boyle, County Roscommon|Boyle]] 2,568
#[[Castlerea]] 1,992
#[[Ballaghaderreen]] 1,808