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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is a local authority that was established on 1 April 2015. It replaced Armagh City and District Council, Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council. The first elections to the a ...

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. The district was created as Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon on 1 April 2015 by merging the City and District of Armagh,

Banbridge District Banbridge was a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was one of 26 council areas formed on 1 October 1973, following the implementation of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The headquarters of the council ...

and most of the Borough of Craigavon. The word "City" was added to the name on 24 February 2016, to reflect Armagh's

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. The local authority is

Geography

The district covers parts of counties Armagh and Down, taking in the upper Bann valley and much of the southern shore of Lough Neagh as well as Armagh city. It has a population of . The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008.

Demographics

In the 2021 UK census, the district was 96.7% white. The national identities of the new council from the 2011 census are: *50.5% British *28.9% Northern Irish *25.2% Irish *4.6% Other *1.3% English, Scottish, Welsh The religious make up is as follows: *51.7% Protestant/Other Christian *43.0% Catholic *5.3% Other/None

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

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, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council replaces

Armagh City and District Council Armagh City and District Council was a district council in County Armagh in Northern Ireland. It merged with Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to beco ...

, Banbridge District Council and

Craigavon Borough Council Craigavon Borough Council was a local council in counties Armagh, Down and Antrim, in Northern Ireland. It merged with Armagh City and District Council and Banbridge District Council in May 2015 under local government reorganisation in Nort ...

. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but on April 25, 2008,

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, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.''Northern Ireland elections are postponed'', BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008
/ref> The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

References

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Geography

Demographics

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

See also

References