Coleraine (Borough)
Coleraine Borough Buirg Chúil Raithin |
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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 | |||
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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
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: 55 ° 7 ′ 52 ″ N , 6 ° 40 ′ 0 ″ W.