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Craigavon (/ k r eɪ ˈ ɡ æ v ən / kray-GAV-ən; Irish: Creag Abhann [4]) is a town in northern County Armagh, Northern Ireland.Its construction began in 1965 and it was named after the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland: James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon.
Map of the borough's DEAs from 1993 to 2014. 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 Northern Ireland to become Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council.
The district was created as Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon on 1 April 2015 by merging the City and District of Armagh, Banbridge District and most of the Borough of Craigavon. The word "City" was added to the name on 24 February 2016, [3] to reflect Armagh's city status. The local authority is Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council.
It replaced Armagh City and District Council, Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council. The first elections to the authority were on 22 May 2014 and it acted as a shadow authority, before the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon district was created on 1 April 2015. [1]
County Armagh (Irish: Contae Ard Mhacha [ɑːɾˠd̪ˠ ˈwaxə]) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland.It is located in the province of Ulster and adjoins the southern shore of Lough Neagh.
Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon County Armagh 288 128 0.22 1,283.88 Small village or hamlet 302 Brockagh / Mountjoy Mid Ulster County Tyrone 287 97 0.29 973.23 Small village or hamlet 303 Clabby: Fermanagh and Omagh County Femanagh 282 102 0.31 922.31 Small village or hamlet 304 Middletown: Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon County Armagh 278 108 0.14
Armagh City and District Council was a single district council until 2015 when it merged with Banbridge District Council and Craigavon Borough Council under local government reorganisation in Northern Ireland to become Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, sometimes colloquially referred to as the ABC council.
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