Limavady (Borough)

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Limavady Borough
Buirg Léim on Mhadaidh
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 Londonderry
surface 586 km²
Administrative headquarters Limavady
ISO 3166-2 GB-LMV
Demographics
population 33,761 (2012)
density 58 people / km²
Denominations Protestants: 34.3%
Catholics: 56.0%

Limavady ( Irish Léim an Mhadaidh ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional county of Londonderry , had the status of a borough . Important places in the borough were the city of Limavady , which is also the administrative center, as well as Dungiven and Ballykelly . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Causeway Coast and Glens .

Limavady Council

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

Political party 2011 result Change from 2005
Seats be right Seats be right
  Sinn Féin 6th 38.0% 0 6.9%
  Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) 3 26.2% 0 2.5%
  Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) 3 14.5% 0 −9.2%
  Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) 2 9.6% 0 −1.8%
  Traditional Unionist Voice 1 5.5% 1 5.5%
  Alliance Party 0 2.0% 0 2.0%
  Others 0 0.0% −1 −10.0%

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 ° 56 ′ 0 ″  N , 6 ° 55 ′ 0 ″  W.