Ards and North Down

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Ards and North Down
Irish: Na hArda agus an Dún Thuaidh
District and borough
Ards and North Down district in Northern Ireland.svg
Ards and North Down shown within Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54°33′43″N5°38′13″W / 54.562°N 5.637°W / 54.562; -5.637
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Northern Ireland
Incorporated 1 April 2015
Named for Borough of Ards and the Borough of North Down
Administrative HQ Bangor Castle
Government
[1]
 • TypeDistrict council
 • Body Ards and North Down Borough Council
 • ExecutiveCommittee system
 •  Control No overall control
Area
[2]
 • Total177 sq mi (458 km2)
 • Rank 10th
Population
 (2022) [2]
 • Total164,223
 • Rank 4th
 • Density930/sq mi (358/km2)
Time zone UTC+0 (GMT)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas
BT
Dialling codes 028
ISO 3166 code GB-AND
GSS code N09000011
Website ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk

Ards and North Down is a local government district in Northern Ireland. It was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ards and the Borough of North Down. The local authority is Ards and North Down Borough Council.

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Geography

The new district is in the East of Northern Ireland, covering the Ards Peninsula, most of Strangford Lough and the southern shore of Belfast Lough. It had an estimated population of 164,223 in 2022. [3] The original name of the new district was recommended on 17 September 2008. [4]

Council

Ards and North Down Borough Council replaces Ards Borough Council and North Down Borough Council. The first election for the new district council 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. [5] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

At a meeting of the shadow authority on 15 December 2014, councillors voted in favour of changing the council's name to East Coast Borough Council, and to submit an application to the Department of the Environment to change the name with effect as of 1 April 2015. [6] However, the council's website launched on 1 April 2015 refers to the new council as "Ards and North Down Borough Council", and this name has continued in use.

Freedom of the Borough

The following have received the Freedom of the Borough of Ards and North Down.

Individuals

Military Units

Organisations and Groups

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Council". Ards and North Down Borough Council. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. ↑ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics . 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ↑ "Provisional Recommendations of the Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland". LGBC. Archived from the original on 20 September 2008. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
  5. ↑ Northern Ireland elections are postponed, BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
  6. ↑ "Northdown Borough Council - New name signifies a new beginning for local Council". Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  7. ↑ Cochrane, Amy (7 July 2022). "Snow Patrol announce one-off Northern Ireland gig to celebrate Gary Lightbody's Freedom of Borough award". The Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Freedom of the Borough - The Irish Guards". Ards and North Down Borough Council. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  9. ↑ "Video of Freedom of the Borough Event 2018". Ards and North Down Borough Council. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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