Moyle

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Moyle District
Ceantar na Maoile
Republik Irland Schottland Moyle Coleraine Limavady Derry Ballymoney Larne Strabane Carrickfergus North Down Belfast Castlereagh Ards Down Ballymena Antrim Newtownabbey Lisburn Banbridge Craigavon Newry and Mourne Armagh Magherafelt Cookstown Omagh Dungannon and South Tyrone FermanaghLocation in Northern Ireland
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geography
Traditional county County Antrim
surface 480 km²
Administrative headquarters Ballycastle
ISO 3166-2 GB-MYL
Demographics
population 17,129 (2012)
density 36 people / km²
Denominations Protestants: 32.3%
Catholics: 54.4%

Moyle ( Irish An Mhaoil ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional County of Antrim , was the most populous of all Northern Irish districts. Important places were the city of Ballycastle , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Bushmills , Ballintoy , Armoy , Cushendall , Cushendun and Waterfoot . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Causeway Coast and Glens .

Moyle Council

The election to the Moyle Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party 2011 result Change from 2005
Seats be right Seats be right
  Sinn Féin 3 21.4% −1 −9.4%
  Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 3 14.1% ± 0 +1.8%
  Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) 2 16.1% −1 −4.8%
  Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 2 14.8% ± 0 −6.9%
  Traditional Unionist Voice 1 2.5% +1 + 2.5%
  Independent 4th 31.0% +1 + 16.9%

See also

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 ° 12 ′ 15 ″  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 27 ″  W.