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Derry City and Strabane District Council Derry City and Strabane District Council ( ga, Comhairle Chathair Dhoire agus Cheantar an tSratha Báin; Ulster-Scots: ''Derry Cittie & Stràbane Destrìck Cooncil'') is the local authority for Derry and Strabane district in Northern Ireland. It ...

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that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the City of Derry District and Strabane District. It covers most of the northwest of

. The local authority is

Geography

It is located in the northwest of Northern Ireland and includes parts of counties Londonderry and Tyrone, and borders

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in the

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. The district has a population of . The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008. Outside of Derry City the district is largely rural, containing a large swathe of the

Sperrin Mountains The Sperrins or Sperrin Mountains () are a range of mountains in Northern Ireland and one of the largest upland areas in Northern Ireland. The range stretches from Strabane eastwards to Slieve Gallion in Desertmartin and north towards Limava ...

which start at the market town of Strabane in County Tyrone.

Subdivisions

Derry City and Strabane district is made up of the following District Electoral Areas (2014), each comprising some Local Areas for the purposes of the district's local community planning: * Ballyarnett: Culmore, Shantallow, Carnhill, Galliagh and Skeoge; * Derg: Newtownstewart, Killeter,

Sion Mills Sion Mills is a village to the south of Strabane in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, on the River Mourne. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 2,050 people. It is a tree-lined industrial village and designated conservation area, particula ...

Castlederg Castlederg (earlier Caslanadergy, ) is a town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It lies on the River Derg and is near the border with County Donegal, Ireland. It stands in the townlands of Castlesessagh and Churchtown, in the historic baro ...

, Clady, Victoria Bridge,

Ardstraw Ardstraw (from ga, Ard Sratha (hill or height of the holm or strath)) is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, three miles northwest of Newtownstewart. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 222 peop ...

and part of Strabane Town local area; * Faughan: Newbuildings, Eglinton,

Claudy Claudy () is a village and townland (of 1,154 acres) in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the Faughan Valley, southeast of Derry, where the River Glenrandal joins the River Faughan. It is situated in the civil parish of Cumber U ...

, Enagh, Magheramason, Campsie and Bready; * Foyleside: Ballymagroarty, Foyle Springs, Northland, Rosemount, Springtown and Madam’s Bank; * Sperrin: Plumbridge, Artigarvan,

Donemana Donemana or Dunnamanagh (named after the townland of Dunnamanagh, ) is a small village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 7 miles or 11 kilometres north-east of Strabane, on the banks of the Burn Dennett and at the foothills of the Sperr ...

, Park, Sperrin, Ballynamallaght, Cranagh and part of Strabane Town local area; * The Moor: Creggan, Brandywell, City Walls and Sherrifs Mountain; * Waterside: Drumahoe, Victoria, Caw, Ebrington, Kilfennan, Lisnagelvin and Clondermot.

Local Government

Derry City and Strabane District Council replaced

Derry City Council Derry City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Dhoire; Ulster-Scots: ''Derry Cittie Cooncil'') was the local government authority for the city of Derry in Northern Ireland. It merged with Strabane District Council in April 2015 under local governm ...

and Strabane District Council. The first election for the new district was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, Northern Ireland Secretary

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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.

Transport

The district is served by

Londonderry railway station Londonderry railway station, known commonly as Waterside railway station, is a railway terminus in Derry, Northern Ireland, on the east bank of the River Foyle, operated by Northern Ireland Railways. It is on the Belfast–Derry railway line, ...

, operated by

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. Its area was also formerly served by Eglinton railway station (closed in 1973), along the Belfast-Derry line.

References

{{NI districts Districts of Northern Ireland, 2015-present

Geography

Subdivisions

Local Government

Transport

See also

References