Down (District)

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Down District
Ceantar to Dúin
Republik Irland Schottland Moyle Coleraine Limavady Derry Ballymoney Larne Strabane Carrickfergus North Down Belfast Castlereagh Ards Down Ballymena Antrim Newtownabbey Lisburn Banbridge Craigavon Newry and Mourne Armagh Magherafelt Cookstown Omagh Dungannon and South Tyrone FermanaghLocation in Northern Ireland
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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

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.