Causeway Coast and Glens

Coordinates: 55°12′11″N 6°30′00″W / 55.203°N 6.500°W

Causeway Coast and Glens
District
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country Northern Ireland
Status District
Incorporated 1 April 2015
Government
 • Type District council
 • Body Causeway Coast and Glens District Council
Time zone GMT (UTC0)
 • Summer (DST) BST (UTC+1)
Website http://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/

Causeway Coast and Glens is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ballymoney, the Borough of Coleraine, the Borough of Limavady and the District of Moyle. It covers most of the Northern part of Northern Ireland. The local authority is Causeway Coast and Glens District Council.

Geography

The district covers most of the northern part of Northern Ireland; an area totalling 1796 km² spanning parts of Counties Antrim and Londonderry. It has a population of around 132,000[1] and an electorate of 88,654.[2] The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008 as 'Causeway Coast' and was revised in February 2009.

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council

Causeway Coast and Glens District Council replaced Ballymoney Borough Council, Coleraine Borough Council, Limavady Borough Council and Moyle District Council. The first election for the new district was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.[3] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Minister Foster announces decisions on Local Government Reform". DoE. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Provisional Recommendations of the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland". LGBC. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
  3. ↑ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008