Lisburn (District)
Lisburn District Ceantar Lios na gCearrbhach |
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geography | |
Traditional county |
County Antrim County Down |
surface | 447 km² |
Administrative headquarters | Lisburn |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-LSB |
Demographics | |
population | 121,687 (2012) |
density | 272 inhabitants / km² |
Denominations |
Protestants: 47.9% Catholics: 32.8% |
Lisburn ( Irish Lios na gCearrbhach ) 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 Down , was established in 1973. Significant places in the district were the city of Lisburn , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Aghalee , Dunmurry , Drumbo , Dromara , Glenavy , Hillsborough , Maghaberry and Moira . On April 1, 2015 it went up in the new District Lisburn and Castlereagh , with Dunmurry Village, Colin Glen, Kilwee, Lagmore, Twinbrook, Poleglass and Edenderry being added to the District Belfast .
Since the city of Lisburn has the status of a city , the administrative authority of the entire district was called Lisburn City Council .
Lisburn City Council
The election for Lisburn City 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) | 14th | 41.0% | 1 | 0.7% | |
Sinn Féin | 5 | 20.3% | 1 | 2.8% | |
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 5 | 16.6% | −2 | −5.9% | |
Alliance Party | 3 | 10.4% | 0 | 1.2% | |
Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | 3 | 8.8% | 0 | −0.3% | |
Green party | 0 | 0.9% | 0 | 0.2% | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 0 | 0.7% | 0 | 0.7% | |
Others | 0 | 0.6% | 0 | −0.2% |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
- ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
- ↑ lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk , accessed October 6, 2015
- ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)
Coordinates: 54 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ N , 6 ° 2 ′ 0 ″ W.