Maydown ( meaning "plain of the stronghold")Placenames NI
is a small

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and

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in County Londonderry,

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. It is near Derry and Strathfoyle and is within the

Derry and Strabane Ulster Scots: ''Derrie an Stràbane'' , settlement_type = District , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_type1 = Constituent country , subdivision_type2 = , subdivision_type3 = , subdivision ...

district. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 270 people.

Industry

Maydown is an industrial zone and was the site of the first DuPont production facility in

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. DuPont first invented

Kevlar Kevlar (para-aramid) is a strong, heat-resistant synthetic fiber, related to other aramids such as Nomex and Technora. Developed by Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965, the high-strength material was first used commercially in the early 1970s a ...

in 1965 and its Maydown manufacturing facility is one of only three places in the world where Kevlar is produced. The DuPont site at Maydown is now the lead partner in the

University of Ulster sco, Ulstèr Universitie , image = Ulster University coat of arms.png , caption = , motto_lang = , mottoeng = , latin_name = Universitas Ulidiae , established = 1865 – Magee College 1953 - Magee Un ...

's Biodiversity Action on Industrial Site (BAIS) project that aims to enhance biodiversity on land close to industrial activity. DuPont has developed of its Maydown site into wildlife habitats open to the public and a visitor centre used by local schools. Maydown Precision Engineering was established in 1985.

Places of interest

It was also the site of Royal Air Force Station Maydown, USAAF airfield and later transferred to the Royal Navy as Royal Naval Air Station airfield, RNAS Maydown, during

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Sport

Maydown F.C. is the local football team.

2011 Census

On Census day in 2011: *57.5% were from a

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background and 38.9% were from a

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background

References

NI Neighbourhood Information System
{{authority control Villages in County Londonderry Townlands of County Londonderry Derry and Strabane district