Fermanagh (District)

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Fermanagh District
Ceantar Fhear Manach
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 Fermanagh
County Tyrone
surface 1876 km²
Administrative headquarters Enniskillen
ISO 3166-2 GB-FER
Demographics
population 62,400 (2012)
density 33 people / km²
Denominations Protestants 34.3%
Catholics 54.9%

Fermanagh ( Irish Fear Manach ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district comprised all of traditional Fermanagh and parts of traditional Tyrone . The administrative seat of the largest Northern Irish district in terms of area at this time was Enniskillen . Other places were Lisnaskea , Irvinestown , Belleek , Belcoo , Derrylin and Rosslea . Lough Erne took up one fifth of the district's area . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Fermanagh and Omagh .

Fermanagh Council

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

Political party 2011 result Change from 2005
Seats be right Seats be right
  Sinn Féin 9 36.6% 0 −0.8%
  Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 6th 24.0% 1 1.9%
  Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 4th 17.3% 0 −3.4%
  Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) 3 12.5% −2 −5.4%
  Traditional Unionist Voice 0 1.0% 0 1.0%
  Alliance Party 0 0.4% 0 0.4%
  Green party 0 0.2% 0 −0.1%
  Independent 1 7.3% 1 6.9%
  Others 0 0.8% 0 −0.5%

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 ° 20 ′ 47.5 "  N , 7 ° 38 ′ 25.5"  W.