Castlereagh
Castlereagh Borough Buirg on Chaisleáin Riabhaigh |
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geography | |
Traditional county | County Down |
surface | 85 km² |
Administrative headquarters | Upper Galwally |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-CSR |
Demographics | |
population | 67,716 (2012) |
density | 797 inhabitants / km² |
Denominations |
Protestants 57.3% Catholics 19.5% |
Homepage www.castlereagh.gov.uk |
Castlereagh ( Irish An Caisleán Riabhach ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional County Down , was established in 1973 and had the status of a borough . Castlereagh comprised the south-eastern suburbs of Belfast . Significant places were Carryduff and Dundonald . The 23-member District Council was dominated by the Democratic Unionist Party , which won 13 seats in the 2005 elections. She also provided the mayor, Joanne Bunting.
Since 2000, Castlereagh was a partner district of Kent in the US state of Washington . Castlereagh is not to be confused with the municipality of Castlerea in the Republic of Ireland .
On April 1, 2015, Castlereagh became part of the new District Lisburn and Castlereagh , with Minnowburn, Belvoir, parts of Ballyhanwood, Cregagh, Downshire, Galwally, Glencregagh, Hillfoot, Lisnasharragh, Lower Braniel, Merok, Tullycarnet, Upper Braniel and Wynchurch making up the District Belfast were slammed.
Castlereagh Council
The election to the Castlereagh 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) | 11 | 42.6% | −2 | −3.2% | |
Alliance Party | 6th | 25.2% | 2 | 9.3% | |
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 3 | 11.2% | −1 | −6.3% | |
Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | 2 | 11.0% | 0 | −2.3% | |
Green party | 1 | 2.9% | 1 | 2.9% | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 0 | 1.0% | 0 | 1.0% | |
Others | 0 | 2.6% | 0 | 0.6% |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
- ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
- ↑ lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk , accessed October 6, 2015
- ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)
Coordinates: 54 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ N , 5 ° 52 ′ 0 ″ W.