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{{Infobox settlement

| name = County LondonderryDerry

| native_name = {{native name|ga|Contae Dhoire}}<br />''Coontie Lunnonderrie'' ([[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]])

| settlement_type = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]

| image_shield = Londonderrycoatarms.png

| shield_size = 110px

| nickname = The Oak Leaf County

| motto = ''Auxilium A Domino''{{spaces|2}}([[Latin language|Latin]])<br />"Help comes from the Lord"

| image_map = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Londonderry.svg

| area_total_km2 = 2118

| area_rank = [[List of Irish counties by area|15th]]

| area_footnotes = <ref name="census1971summary">{{cite book |author=Northern Ireland General Register Office |title=Census of Population 1971; Summary Tables |url=https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |format=PDF |location=Belfast |publisher=HMSO |access-date=28 August 2019 |page=1 |chapter=Table 1: Area, Buildings for Habitation and Population, 1971 |date=1975 |archive-date=23 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723205332/https://www.nisra.gov.uk/sites/nisra.gov.uk/files/publications/1971-census-summary-tables.pdf#page=21 |url-status=live}}</ref>

| seat_type = [[County town#Historic counties of Northern Ireland|County town]]

| seat = [[Coleraine]]

| population = 252231

| population_rank = [[List of Irish counties by population|6th]]<ref name="2021 pop">{{cite web |title=County |url=https://build.nisra.gov.uk/en/custom/data?d=PEOPLE&v=COUNTY_NI&%7ECOUNTY_NI=3 |website=NISRA |access-date=18 August 2023}}</ref>

| population_as_of = 2021

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = [[United Kingdom]]

| subdivision_type1 = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Region]]

| subdivision_name1 = [[Northern Ireland]]

| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]

| unit_pref = Imperial

| elevation_max_m = 678

| elevation_max_point = [[Sawel Mountain]]

| timezone = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]

| utc_offset = ±0

| timezone_DST = [[British Summer Time|BST]]

| utc_offset_DST = +1

| website = {{URL|https://discovernorthernireland.com/about-northern-ireland/counties/co-londonderry/county-londonderry/}}

| postal_code_type = [[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom|Postcode area]]

| postal_code = [[BT postcode area|BT]]

| established_title = Established

| established_date = '''Date'''

| established_title2 = [[County Coleraine]]

| established_date2 = 1585

| established_title3 = County&nbsp;Londonderry

| established_date3 = 1613

| subdivision_name2 = [[Ulster]]

| footnotes = ''Contae Dhoire''<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |access-date=28 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107010755/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf%0A |archive-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> is the Irish name; ''Coontie Lunnonderrie'' is its name in [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]].<ref>[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf Banagher and Boveagh Churches] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830193411/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf |date=30 August 2011}} Department of the Environment.</ref>

| official_name = Derry

| other_name = Londonderry

}}

'''County Derry ({{lang-ga|Contae Dhoire}})''', also known as '''County Londonderry''' ([[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]]: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as '''County Derry''' ({{lang-ga|Contae Dhoire}}), is one of the six [[Counties of Northern Ireland|counties]] of [[Northern Ireland]], one of the thirty-two [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of [[Ireland]] and one of the nine counties of [[Ulster]]. Before the [[partition of Ireland]], it was one of the [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] from 1613 onward and then of the [[United Kingdom]] after the [[Acts of Union 1800]]. Adjoining the north-west shore of [[Lough Neagh]], the county covers an area of {{convert|2118|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and today has a population of about 252,231.<ref name="2021 pop"/>

Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by the state as part of the local administration. Following further reforms in 2015, the area is now governed under three different districts: [[Derry and Strabane]], [[Causeway Coast and Glens]] and [[Mid-Ulster District|Mid-Ulster]]. Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in [[All-Ireland]] sporting and cultural events (i.e. [[Derry GAA]]).