North Down Borough

Geography
Area - Total - % Water	Ranked 26th 81 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Bangor
ISO 3166-2	GB-NDN
ONS code	95W
Demographics
Population - Total (2004) - Density	Ranked 7th 77,624 953 / km²
Community	Protestant: 80.5% Catholic: 12.6%
Politics
North Down Borough Council http://www.northdown.gov.uk
MPs	Sylvia Hermon

North Down Borough Council is a Local Council in County Down in Northern Ireland. It is a Belfast Metropolitan Borough. Its main town is Bangor, 20 km east of Belfast with a population of approximately 55,000. The Council is headquartered in Bangor. Its secondary centre is the former Urban District of Holywood, 8 km northeast of Belfast with a population of approximately 10,000. Most of the remainder of a total population of over 76,000 is in suburban villages along the southern shore of Belfast Lough. The Borough is heavily suburbanised—railway links with Belfast are good and the area has been the domain of well-heeled Belfast commuters since the mid-19th Century. The Borough is often held to be the wealthiest area in Northern Ireland, although there are pockets of deprivation in a string of overspill public housing estates along the Bangor Ring Road. Image File history File links NorthernIrelandNorthDown. ... 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 sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... Image:BANGOR 002. ... 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. ... Lady Sylvia Hermon (born 11 August 1955) is a Northern Ireland unionist politician. ... County Down, (An Dún in Irish) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, covering an area of 2,448 km² (945 square miles). ... 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... Bangor (in Irish Beannchor) is a town of approximately 80,000 population in County Down, Northern Ireland. ... Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is a city in the United Kingdom, and the second-largest city on the island of Ireland. ... Holywood Location Holywood (Sactus Boscum in Latin, Ard Mhic Nasca in Irish) is a town in County Down, Northern Ireland, on the shores of Belfast Lough. ... Belfast Lough (Loch Lao in Irish) is a large intertidal sea lough situated at the mouth of the River Lagan on the east coast of Northern Ireland. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The borough consists of 4 electoral areas: Abbey, Ballyholme and Groomsport, Bangor West and Holywood. In the 2005 election 25 members were elected from the following political parties: 8 Ulster Unionist Party, 8 Democratic Unionist Party, 6 Alliance, 1 Green, and 2 Independents. The outoging Mayor is Councillor Valerie Kinghan (UK Unionist) and the outgoing Deputy Mayor is Councillor John Montgomery (DUP). Elections for local government are being held in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2005 along with the 2005 general election. ... 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 Democratic Unionist Party is a hardline unionist party in Northern Ireland led by Ian Paisley. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The Green Party in Northern Ireland is a minor political party operating in Northern Ireland. ...

The Borough of North Down was formed in 1973 in the local government reorganisation from the old Bangor Urban District, Holywood Urban District, North Down Rural District and part of Castlereagh Rural District. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... In the British Isles an urban district was a type of local government district which covered an urbanised area. ...

In elections for the Westminster Parliament it is part of the slightly larger North Down constituency 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). ... North Down is a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also an Assembly constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly. ...

See Also: Districts of Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is divided into 26 districts for local government purposes. ...