Ards

This article describes a Northern Irish District. For the Dutch carver see Willem Ards . For the disease ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) see Acute respiratory failure .

Ards Borough Buirg na hArda
geography
Traditional county	County Down
surface	376 km²
Administrative headquarters	Newtownards
ISO 3166-2	GB-ARD
Demographics
population	78,550 (2012)
density	209 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants 65.5% Catholics 10.9%

Ards ( Irish : An Aird ) 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 . It was on the east coast of Northern Ireland and enclosed the bay of Strangford Lough . The district was named after the Ards Peninsula , which formed part of the district area. The administrative seat was in Newtownards . Other significant places in the borough were Portaferry , Comber and Donaghadee . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Ards and North Down .

Ards Borough Council

The election for Ards Borough 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	47.4%	−1	−5.0%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	6th	17.5%	−1	−7.0%
	Alliance Party	4th	18.2%	+1	4.2%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	1	6.8%	0	3.4%
	Traditional Unionist Voice	0	3.4%	0	3.4%
	Green party	0	0.8%	0	0.1%
	Others	0	0.5%	0	0.5%
	Independent	1	5.4%	1	1.6%

The megalithic site of Millin Bay lies on the peninsula.

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: 54 ° 29 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 35 ′ 0 ″  W.