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(Redirected from Newry City, Mourne and Down) Local government district in Northern Ireland

District in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Newry, Mourne and Down Irish: Iúr Cinn Trá, Múrna agus An Dún Ulster Scots: Newrie, Morne an Doon
District
Newry, Mourne and Down shown within Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54°06′40″N 6°09′40″W / 54.111°N 6.161°W / 54.111; -6.161
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
Incorporated	1 April 2015
Named for	Newry and Mourne, and Down
Administrative HQ	Downshire Civic Centre, Downpatrick
Government
• Type	District council
• Body	Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
• Executive	Committee system
• Control	No overall control
Area
• Total	629 sq mi (1,628 km)
• Rank	4th
Population
• Total	182,634
• Rank	3rd
• Density	290/sq mi (112/km)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	BT
Dialling codes	028
ISO 3166 code	GB-NMD
GSS code	N09000010
Website	newrymournedown.org

Newry, Mourne and Down is a local government district in Northern Ireland that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging Newry and Mourne District and Down District. It covers most of the southeastern part of Northern Ireland. The local authority is Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. The principal population centres are Newry in the south of the district, and Downpatrick in the north; both these urban areas were seats of previous council areas.

Geography

It covers the Southeast of Northern Ireland, including southern County Armagh and large parts of County Down. It incorporates all of the Mourne Mountains and much of the Ring of Gullion, both designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The area has an extensive coastline stretching from Strangford Lough in the north to Carlingford Lough, in the south and borders counties Louth and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The district had a population of 182,634 in 2022. The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008.

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council replaces Newry and Mourne District Council and Down District Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011. The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

"Council". Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
"Northern Ireland elections are postponed", BBC News, April 25, 2008, accessed April 27, 2008]

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Districts	Antrim and Newtownabbey Ards and North Down Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Belfast Causeway Coast and Glens Derry City and Strabane Fermanagh and Omagh Lisburn and Castlereagh Mid and East Antrim Mid Ulster Newry, Mourne and Down

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