Derry (District)

Derry District Ceantar Dhoire
geography
Traditional county	County Londonderry
surface	378 km²
Administrative headquarters	Derry or Londonderry
ISO 3166-2	GB-DRY
Demographics
population	108,586 (2012)
density	287 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants 19.4% Catholics 67.4%
administration
Constituencies	Cityside, Northland, Rural, Shantallow and Waterside

Derry ( Irish Doire ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015, and was in the traditional county of Londonderry . The district was formed in 1973 from the County Borough Londonderry , which included the actual city of Derry or Londonderry , and the Rural District Londonderry , to which the rural area belonged. In addition to the city of Derry, the places Culmore , Newbuildings , Strathfoyle and Eglinton were in the district today .

The district formed in 1973 was initially called Londonderry , but was officially renamed Derry in 1984 . Since the actual city of Derry has the status of a city , the administrative authority of the entire district was called Derry City Council .

On April 1, 2015 Derry went on in the new District Derry and Strabane .

Derry City Council

The election for Derry City Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	14th	38.2%	0	−2.9%
	Sinn Féin	10	33.9%	0	1.0%
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	5	14.7%	0	−1.5%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	1	4.0%	0	−0.5%
	Alliance Party	0	0.9%	0	0.9%
	Others	0	5.8%	0	5.8%

See also

• Administrative division of Northern Ireland

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
2. ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
3. ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)

Coordinates: 55 ° 0 ′ 52 ″  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 0 ″  W.