Fermanagh District
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 1st 1,876 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Enniskillen
ISO 3166-2:	GB-FER
ONS code:	95L
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 12th 57,527 31 / km²
Community:	Protestant: 39.8% Catholic: 58.7%
Politics
Fermanagh District Council http://www.fermanagh.gov.uk
MPs:	Michelle Gildernew

Fermanagh District Council is a Local Council in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. Its borders are very similar to those of the traditional County Fermanagh, containing all of that county plus a small section of County Tyrone in the Dromore and Kilskeery road areas. Council headquarters are in Enniskillen. Fermanagh District Council is a unique local authority in that it covers one entire county in Northern Ireland. County Fermanagh makes up one eighth of the province’s land mass and the Council represents the largest local government district in geographical terms. One fifth of the area is covered by water, largely Lough Erne. The County has a growing population of 57,600, of which 70% live in rural areas. Enniskillen is the main centre of population with 12,000 people. Smaller towns in the area include Lisnaskea, Irvinestown, Belleek, Belcoo and Derrylin. 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 orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 1,000 km² and 10,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Enniskillen (Inis Ceithleann in Irish) is the county town of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ... 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. ... In the most common sense of the word, a population is the collection of people—or organisms of a particular species—living in a given geographic area. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by population (census April 29, 2001 [1]). See also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area Local Councils in Northern Ireland by community make-up ... 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 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Third Parliament of the United Kingdom at the UK general election, 2001, arranged by constituency. ... Michelle Gildernew (born 1970) is a Northern Ireland nationalist politician. ... County Fermanagh (Fear Manach in Irish) is often referred to as Northern Irelands Lake District. ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... County Fermanagh (Fear Manach in Irish) is often referred to as Northern Irelands Lake District. ... This article is about County Tyrone. ... Enniskillen (Inis Ceithleann in Irish) is the county town of Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ... Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Irish loughs ... Lisnaskea (Lios na Scéithe in Irish) is the second Largest town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, and is the former seat of the ancient Maguire Kings See also: List of towns in Northern Ireland Categories: Ireland-place stubs | Towns in Fermanagh ... Irvinestown (Baile an Irbhinigh in Irish) is a town in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, near Lower Lough Erne. ... Belleek is a village in the west of County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland. ...

The Fermanagh District Council area consists of 4 electoral areas: Enniskillen and Erne East, West and North. The Council is made up of 23 Councillors elected every four years. At the last election in 2001 the members elected were from the following political parties: 9 Sinn Fein, 7 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 4 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 2 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) and 1 Independent. The current Chair of the Council is Councillor Gerry McHugh (Sinn Fein) and the Vice Chair is Councillor John O'Kane (SDLP). 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sinn Féin (in the Irish language ourselves or we ourselves; not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone) is an Irish political party. ... The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP, sometimes referred to as the Official Unionist Party or OUP) is a political party in Northern Ireland representing the unionist community, and was the party of government in Northern Ireland between 1921 and 1972. ... 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. ... The Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline Unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ...

The next election is due to take place in May 2005.

The local government structure here actually pre-dates the setting up of the other 25 Local Councils in Northern Ireland in 1973 - Fermanagh County Council had merged with the district council in its area before. 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is part the Fermanagh & South Tyrone constituency. Fermanagh & South Tyrone is a Parliamentary Constituency in the British House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...

See Also

• Local Councils in Northern Ireland

External Links

• Fermanagh Shadow Youth Council (http://www.fsyc.net/)
• Fermanagh Lakelands Tourism (http://www.fermanaghlakelands.com/fermanagh/index.asp)