North Down
| North Down Borough Buirg at Dúin Thuaidh |
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| geography | |
| Traditional county | County Down |
| surface | 81 km² |
| Administrative headquarters | Bangor |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB NDN |
| Demographics | |
| population | 79,420 (2012) |
| density | 980 inhabitants / km² |
| Denominations |
Protestants 60.4% Catholics 11.2% |
North Down ( Irish An Dún Thuaidh ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional County Down , had the status of a borough . North Down comprised the eastern suburbs of Belfast . Important places were the administrative center Bangor as well as Ballyholme , Groomsport and Holywood . On April 1, 2015, North Down went on in the new District Ards and North Down .
North Down Council
The election for the North Down Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:
| Political party | 2011 result | Change from 2005 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | be right | Seats | be right | ||
| Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | 11 | 36.2% | 3 | 4.8% | |
| Alliance Party | 6th | 18.3% | 0 | 2.3% | |
| Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 4th | 13.9% | −4 | −8.1% | |
| Green party | 1 | 7.4% | 0 | −1.6% | |
| Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | 0 | 1.2% | 0 | −0.7% | |
| Independent | 3 | 15.1% | 1 | 4.1% | |
| Others | 0 | 7.8% | 0 | 6.6% | |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
- ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
- ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)
Antrim | Ards | Armagh | Ballymena | Ballymoney | Banbridge | Belfast | Carrickfergus | Castlereagh | Coleraine | Cookstown | Craigavon | Derry | Down | Dungannon and South Tyrone | Fermanagh | Larne | Limavady | Lisburn | Magherafelt | Moyle | Newry and Morne | Newtownabbey | North Down | Omagh | Strabane
Coordinates: 54 ° 39 ′ 0 ″ N , 5 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W.