Fermanagh and Omagh | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Coordinates: | 54.545°N -7.494°W |
Subdivision Type: | Sovereign state |
Subdivision Name: | United Kingdom |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Northern Ireland |
Established Title: | Incorporated |
Established Date: | 1 April 2015 |
Named For: | Fermanagh District and Omagh District |
Seat Type: | Administrative HQ |
Seat: | The Grange, Omagh and the Townhall, Enniskillen |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | District council |
Governing Body: | Fermanagh and Omagh District Council |
Leader Title: | Executive |
Leader Name: | Committee system |
Leader Title1: | Control |
Leader Title3: | MLAs |
Leader Title4: | MPs |
Area Rank: | |
Population Rank: | |
Timezone1: | GMT |
Utc Offset1: | +0 |
Timezone1 Dst: | BST |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | +1 |
Postal Code Type: | Postcode areas |
Postal Code: | BT |
Area Code Type: | Dialling codes |
Area Code: | 028 |
Iso Code: | GB-FMO |
Blank1 Name: | GSS code |
Blank1 Info: | N09000006 |
Fermanagh and Omagh (Irish: Comhairle Ceantair Fhear Manach agus na hÓmaí) is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging Fermanagh District and Omagh District. It covers most of the Southwest of Northern Ireland. The local authority is Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, which likewise replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council.
It is located in the southwest of Northern Ireland, covering all of County Fermanagh and parts of County Tyrone. It borders counties Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008.
See main article: Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh 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.[2] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.