Newry and Morne

Newry and Morne District Ceantar an Iúir agus Mhúrn
geography
Traditional counties	County Armagh County Down
surface	902 km²
Administrative headquarters	Newry
ISO 3166-2	GB-NYM
Demographics
population	100,858 (2012)
density	112 inhabitants / km²
Denominations	Protestants: 15.2% Catholics: 72.1%

Newry and Morne ( Irish An tIúir agus Múrna ) was one of the 26 Northern Irish districts that existed from 1973 to 2015. The district was in the territory of the traditional Counties Armagh and Down . Important places were the city of Newry , which was also the administrative seat, as well as Crossmaglen , Bessbrook , Warrenpoint , Rostrevor , Hilltown , Annalong and Kilkeel . On April 1, 2015, it went up in the new District of Newry, Morne and Down .

Newry and Morne Council

The election to the Newry and Morne Council on May 11, 2011 resulted in the following:

Political party		2011 result		Change from 2005
		Seats	be right	Seats	be right
	Sinn Féin	14th	45.2%	1	3.1%
	Social Democratic and Labor Party (SDLP)	9	28.9%	0	−0.6%
	Ulster Unionist Party (UUP)	3	10.3%	0	−0.5%
	United Kingdom Independence Party	1	4.8%	1	4.8%
	Democratic Unionist Party (DUP)	1	3.0%	−1	−3.7%
	Green party	0	1.0%	−1	−1.1%
	Traditional Unionist Voice	0	1.0%	0	1.0%
	Independent	2	5.6%	0	−3.2%

See also

• Administrative division of Northern Ireland
• Cloughmore boulder

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 ° 10 ′ 15 ″  N , 6 ° 20 ′ 27 ″  W.