Coleraine
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Coleraine Irish Cúil Raithin |
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| Coordinates | 55 ° 8 ′ N , 6 ° 40 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 24,634 | ||
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| Post town | COLERAINE | ||
| ZIP code section | BT51, BT52 | ||
| prefix | 028 | ||
| Part of the country | Northern Ireland | ||
| District | Causeway Coast and Glens | ||
| Website: www.cityofcoleraine.com | |||
Coleraine ( Irish Cúil Raithin ) is a city in the historic county of Londonderry in Northern Ireland .
geography
Coleraine is located on the River Bann , near the confluence with the North Channel (English North Channel ). The tourist motto is Capital of the Causeway Coast .
population
The city has 24,634 inhabitants (2015) and was the administrative seat of the district (English borough ) Coleraine with 56,800 inhabitants (2007), until this was in 2015 in the district Causeway Coast and Glens . Coleraine is now the administrative seat of the Causeway Coast and Glens District. It is 50 miles from Belfast , 30 from Derry and 25 from Ballymena . Most of the residents are Protestants and the majority belong to the Anglican Church of Ireland .
Infrastructure
traffic
Coleraine is connected to Belfast, Derry and Portrush by rail lines .
education
As New University of Ulster, Coleraine , founded on the outskirts of Coleraine University merged in 1984 with Ulster Polytechnic, Jordanstown and has since been the administrative center of the University of Ulster . The campus Coleraine with 4,502 students (2017/18) is the second largest of the four university sites. On the site there is a train stop along the Coleraine-Portrush route and, since 1976, the Riverside Theater .
Sports
Coleraine FC football club plays in the NIFL Premiership , the highest league in Northern Irish football. The club finished the season 2ß18 / 19 in 6th place (out of 12).
Town twinning
Coleraine's twin town has been La Roche-sur-Yon in western France in the Pays de la Loire region since 1980
Born in Coleraine
- Samuel Fleming Barr (1829-1919), American politician
- Alan Campbell (born 1983), rower
- Michelle Fairley (born 1964), actress
- Bertie Peacock (1928-2004), football player and coach
- Tommy Sheppard (* 1959), Scottish politician of the Scottish National Party (SNP)
- Hugh Thomson (1860–1920), draftsman and book illustrator
- Andrew Trimble (born 1984), rugby union player
Web links
- www.coleraine.co.uk City administration website
- www.ulst.ac.uk The University of Ulster with a link to the theater
- www.colerainebc.gov.uk The Coleraine district