Antrim Borough

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 11th 577 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Antrim
ISO 3166-2	GB-ANT
ONS code	95T
Demographics
Population - Total (2004) - Density	Ranked 16th 49,833 86 / km²
Community	Protestant: 56.7% Catholic: 38.6%
Politics
Antrim Borough Council http://www.antrim.gov.uk
MPs	William McCrea

Antrim Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It covers an area of some 220 square miles with a population of nearly 50,000. It is situated about 19 miles north-west of Belfast and bordering the north and east shores of Lough Neagh, the largest fresh water lake in the UK, and includes the towns of Antrim, Toomebridge, Crumlin, Randalstown, Parkgate and Templepatrick. Council headquarters is located on the outskirts of Antrim. Although the borough is not within the Belfast Metropolitan Area, it houses the city's international airport and many commuter villages. Image File history File links NorthernIrelandAntrimBorough. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Antrim (Aontroim in Irish) is a small town in County Antrim in the north-east of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Six-Mile Water, half a mile north-east from Lough Neagh. ... The ISO 3166-2 codes for the United Kingdom correspond to the nations administrative divisions. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is the concentration of matter, or, a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by Protestant / Catholic community make-up In the 2001 decennial census, the Census Office for Northern Ireland (CONI) asked a new question to attempt to achieve a more accurate depiction of the balance of the mainly Unionist Protestant and mainly... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... The Rev. ... County Antrim ( in [Gaelic) is one of the six Irish counties that form Northern Ireland. ... official_languages = Englishde facto5| Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. ... Lough Neagh Lough Neagh (pronounced ; Irish Loch nEathach ) in Northern Ireland is the largest lough, or body of freshwater, in the British Isles, with an area of 388 square kilometres. ... Antrim (Aontroim in Irish) is a small town in County Antrim in the north-east of Northern Ireland, on the banks of the Six-Mile Water, half a mile north-east from Lough Neagh. ... There are a number of settlements named Crumlin: Crumlin, Caerphilly, is a town in Wales. ... Randalstown is a small town in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, located in the north-east of Ireland between Antrim Town and Toome. ... There are several places named Parkgate, including: Parkgate, County Antrim Parkgate, Rotherham Parkgate, Wirral This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Templepatrick is a large village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, about 10 miles northwest of Belfast, and approximately equidistant from the towns of Ballyclare and Antrim. ...

The Antrim Borough Council area consists of three electoral areas: Antrim South-East, Antrim North-West and Antrim Town from which 19 members were elected made up of representatives from the following political parties: 6 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 5 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 3 Sinn Fein and 2 Alliance Party and Alderman Bobby Loughran who was elected as SDLP and now designated Independent. These members were elected in 2005 and an election is held every four years using the Proportional Representation system. The Mayor and Deputy Mayor are elected on an annual basis at an Annual General Meeting in June. The Mayor of Antrim is Councillor Drew Ritchie (UUP) and the Deputy Mayor is Alderman Samuel Dunlop (DUP). The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP or, in a historic sense, simply the Unionist Party ) is a moderate unionist political party in Northern Ireland, which formed its government between 1921 and 1972 and was supported by most unionists throughout the Troubles. ... The Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP — Irish: Páirtí Sóisialta Daonlathach an Lucht Oibre) is the smaller of the two major nationalist parties in Northern Ireland. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Proportional representation (PR) is an election system which ensures a proportionally representative result of a democratic election, x% of votes should be represented by x% in the democratic institutions, parliament or congress. ...

The next election is due to take place in May 2009.

The economy of the area revolves around construction, distribution, transport and hospitality. It has a well developed transport infrastructure that provides easy access to all the main external gateways for Northern Ireland, as well as easy access to all parts of the region. Antrim town lies on two of the main transport corridors, the Belfast – Derry corridor and the Southern corridor. Belfast International Airport is located within the Borough, only 4 miles from Antrim town. official_languages = Englishde facto5| Dieu et mon droit (Royal motto) (French for God and my right)3 Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked... Derry or Londonderry (in Irish, Doire or Doire Cholm Chille), often called the Maiden City, is a city in Northern Ireland. ... Belfast International Airport (IATA: BFS, ICAO: EGAA) is an airport located some 24 km (15 miles) west of Belfast in Northern Ireland. ...

Together with part of the district of Newtownabbey, it forms the South Antrim constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly. Newtownabbey Borough Council is a Local Council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. ... South Antrim is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly is a six flowered linen or flax plant, chosen for the plants historical economic importance to the region. ...

See Also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland

External Link: Belfast International Airport

Northern Ireland is divided into 26 Local Council areas. ...