Carrickfergus (Borough)

Carrickfergus Borough Buirg Charraig Fheargais
geography
Traditional county	County Antrim
surface	82 km²
Administrative headquarters	Carrickfergus
ISO 3166-2	GB-CKF
Demographics
population	39,096 (2012)
density	477 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants: 67.2% Catholics: 7.6%

Carrickfergus ( Irish Carraig Fhearghais ) 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 , had borough status . Important places in the borough were the city of Carrickfergus , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Greenisland and Whitehead . The District of Carrickfergus had the highest Protestant population of any district in Northern Ireland. On April 1, 2015, he was in the new District of Mid and East Antrim .

Carrickfergus Council

The election to the Carrickfergus 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)	8th	43.2%	0	−1.8%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	4th	15.9%	0	−3.1%
	Alliance Party	3	25.1%	0	5.7%
	Green party	0	2.4%	0	2.4%
	Independent	2	13.5%	0	−3.2%

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 ° 44 ′ 0 ″  N , 5 ° 47 ′ 55 ″  W.