Carrickfergus (Borough)
Carrickfergus Borough Buirg Charraig Fheargais |
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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 | |||
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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
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)
Coordinates: 54 ° 44 ′ 0 ″ N , 5 ° 47 ′ 55 ″ W.