Limavady District
Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 10th 586 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Limavady
ISO 3166-2:	GB-LMV
ONS code:	95B
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 23rd 32,422 55 / km²
Community:	Protestant: 41.6% Catholic: 56.6%
Politics
Limavady District Council http://www.limavady.gov.uk
MPs:	Gregory Campbell

Limavady Borough Council is a Local Council in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. Its headquarters is in the town of Limavady. The Borough has a population of over 32,000 with 63% of the population living in a rural setting. It covers an area of 586 square kilometres and includes the valley of the River Roe. It stretches from the Sperrin Mountains in the south to Benone beach, a seven mile strand on the Atlantic coast which was the first beach in Northern Ireland to be awarded a Blue Flag. Apart from Limavady other towns in the area include Dungiven and Ballykelly. This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of Local Councils in Northern Ireland by area. ... (Redirected from 1 E8 m2) 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. ... Limavady (Léim an Mhadaigh in Irish) is a town in County Londonderry 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. ... Gregory Lloyd Campbell (born February 15, 1953) a Northern Ireland unionist politician, and the Democratic Unionist Party member of Parliament for East Londonderry. ... For other places with similar names, see Londonderry (disambiguation) and Derry (disambiguation). ... Northern Ireland is an administrative region and one of four parts of the United Kingdom. ... Limavady (Léim an Mhadaigh in Irish) is a town in County Londonderry in Northern Ireland. ... Sperrins is a mountain range in Northern Ireland. ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one_fifth of its surface. ... Dungiven (Dun Geimhin in Irish) is a small town in County Derry, Northern Ireland, at the foot of the Sperrins. ...

The Limavady Borough Council area consists of 3 electoral areas: Limavady Town, Benbradagh and Bellarena. The Council was established in 1973 and is made up of 15 members who are elected for a four year term. At the last election in 2001 members from the following political parties were elected: 4 Sinn Fein, 4 Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP), 3 Ulster Unionist Party (UUP), 2 Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), 1 Independent and 1 UUAP. The posts of Mayor and Deputy Mayor are rotated annually among the political representatives of the two main traditions within the community as part of the partnership process operated by the Council. The current Mayor is Councillor Jack Rankin (UUP) and the Deputy Mayor is Councillor Michael Coyle (SDLP). 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... 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 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 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 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.

Together with the neighbouring district of Coleraine, it forms the East Londonderry constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly. Coleraine (Cúil Raithin in Irish) is a town in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland at the mouth of the river Bann. ... 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 Northern Ireland Assembly is a 108-member legislative body for Northern Ireland that sits at Stormont with powers devolved to it from the Westminster parliament. ...

See Also: Local Councils in Northern Ireland