Moyle
Moyle District Ceantar na Maoile |
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geography | |
Traditional county | County Antrim |
surface | 480 km² |
Administrative headquarters | Ballycastle |
ISO 3166-2 | GB-MYL |
Demographics | |
population | 17,129 (2012) |
density | 36 people / km² |
Denominations |
Protestants: 32.3% Catholics: 54.4% |
Moyle ( Irish An Mhaoil ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district, whose area was in the traditional County of Antrim , was the most populous of all Northern Irish districts. Important places were the city of Ballycastle , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Bushmills , Ballintoy , Armoy , Cushendall , Cushendun and Waterfoot . On April 1, 2015, he went on in the new District Causeway Coast and Glens .
Moyle Council
The election to the Moyle 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 | ||
Sinn Féin | 3 | 21.4% | −1 | −9.4% | |
Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) | 3 | 14.1% | ± 0 | +1.8% | |
Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP) | 2 | 16.1% | −1 | −4.8% | |
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) | 2 | 14.8% | ± 0 | −6.9% | |
Traditional Unionist Voice | 1 | 2.5% | +1 | + 2.5% | |
Independent | 4th | 31.0% | +1 | + 16.9% |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Northern Ireland Population Estimates 2012 (XLS file)
- ↑ Northern Ireland Census 2011: Religion (administrative geographies)
- ^ Election result on BBC News (accessed July 26, 2011)
Coordinates: 55 ° 12 ′ 15 ″ N , 6 ° 15 ′ 27 ″ W.