Mid and East Antrim | |
Native Name: | Irish: Lár agus Oir-Aontroime |
Settlement Type: | District and borough |
Coordinates: | 54.828°N -6.078°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: | County Antrim |
Seat Type: | Administrative HQ |
Seat: | Ballymena |
Government Footnotes: | [1] |
Government Type: | District council |
Governing Body: | Mid and East Antrim Borough 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-MEA |
Blank1 Name: | GSS code |
Blank1 Info: | N09000008 |
Mid and East Antrim is a local government district in Northern Ireland. The district was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the Borough of Ballymena, the Borough of Larne and the Borough of Carrickfergus. The local authority is Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.
The district is wholly located in County Antrim, and stretches from the River Bann in the west to the Antrim Coast, taking in the southern part of the Antrim Coast and Glens Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, as well as the major towns of Ballymena and Carrickfergus, and the important port of Larne. The district had a population of in . The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008.
See main article: Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council replaced Ballymena Borough Council, Carrickfergus Borough Council and Larne Borough 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.
The following people and military units have received the Freedom of the Borough of Mid and East Antrim.