Coleraine (Borough)

Coleraine Borough Buirg Chúil Raithin
geography
Traditional county	Counties Antrim and Counties Londonderry
surface	486 km²
Administrative headquarters	Coleraine
ISO 3166-2	GB-CLR
Demographics
population	58,993 (2012)
density	121 people / km²
Denominations	Protestants 56.8% Catholics 25.0%

Coleraine ( Irish Cúil Raithin ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional counties of Antrim and Londonderry , had the status of a borough . The administrative seat was the city of Coleraine . Other important places were Garvagh , Portrush , Portstewart and Kilrea . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Causeway Coast and Glens .

Coleraine Council

The election to the Coleraine 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)	9	36.3%	0	−0.7%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	5	19.1%	−3	−12.9%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	3	10.7%	0	−1.6%
	Alliance Party	2	8.9%	2	4.3%
	Sinn Féin	1	9.1%	0	1.3%
	Traditional Unionist Voice	0	1.7%	0	1.7%
	Others	0	0.5%	0	0.5%
	Independent	2	13.7%	1	7.5%

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. ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)

Coordinates: 55 ° 7 ′ 52 ″  N , 6 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  W.