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Saintfield (in Irish: Tamhnach Naomh, ie Field of Saints) is a large village located in mid-County Down, Northern Ireland, situated roughly halfway between Belfast and Downpatrick on the A7 road. Running east to west across the A7 is the B6 road and to the west of this crossroads is Main Street, which takes you towards Lisburn and Ballynahinch, and to the east is Station Road which takes you towards Killyleagh. It lies within the Down District Council area and in the Strangford constituency for UK Parliamentary and Northern Ireland Assembly elections. It had a population of 2,959 people in the 2001 Census.