Down (District)

This article covers the Northern Irish District Down. For traditional Northern Irish county Down, see County Down .

Down District Ceantar to Dúin
geography
Traditional county	County Down
surface	647 km²
Administrative headquarters	Downpatrick
ISO 3166-2	GB-DOW
Demographics
population	70,440 (2012)
density	109 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants 27.1% Catholics 57.5%

Down ( Irish An Dún ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015 and comprised part of the traditional county of Down . In the district, in addition to the administrative headquarters Downpatrick, were the places Ardglass , Ballynahinch , Castlewellan , Clough , Crossgar , Dundrum , Killough , Killyleagh , Newcastle , Saintfield , Seaforde and Strangford . On April 1, 2015, it went up in the new District of Newry, Morne and Down .

Down Council

The election to the Down Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	9	34.2%	−1	−3.3%
	Sinn Féin	5	22.9%	0	−0.2%
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	3	16.4%	0	0.1%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	3	13.2%	−1	−4.1%
	Alliance Party	1	4.9%	1	2.8%
	Green party	1	4.1%	0	0.8%
	Independent	1	4.3%	1	4.3%

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: 54 ° 19 ′ 19 ″  N , 5 ° 42 ′ 11 ″  W.