Banbridge (District)

Banbridge District Ceantar Dhroichead na Banna
geography
Traditional county	County Down
surface	453 km²
Administrative headquarters	Banbridge
ISO 3166-2	GB-BNB
Demographics
population	48,730 (2012)
density	108 people / km²
Denominations	Protestants: 55.3% Catholics: 29.5%

Banbridge ( Irish Droichead na Banna ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose territory was in traditional County Down , was established in 1973. Important places in the district were the town of Banbridge , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Gilford , Loughbrickland and Scarva . On April 1, 2015, it went up in the new District Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon , with its eastern part Newry, Morne and Down was added.

Banbridge Council

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

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	7th	33.8%	2	1.4%
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	5	32.4%	−2	−6.0%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	2	13.2%	−1	−2.6%
	Sinn Féin	2	11.4%	1	5.1%
	Alliance Party	1	4.9%	0	0.4%
	Traditional Unionist Voice	0	2.5%	0	2.5%

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. ↑ Map of the new and old districts ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. of the Department of the Environment , accessed October 6, 2015  
4. ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)

Coordinates: 54 ° 20 ′ 58 "  N , 6 ° 15 ′ 58"  W.