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{{Short description| Local government district in Northern Ireland}}
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|[[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]]: {{lang|sco|Derry Cittie an Stràbane}}
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'''Derry City and Strabane''' is a [[Local government in Northern Ireland|local government district]] that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the [[Derry (district)|City of Derry District]] and [[Strabane (district)|Strabane District]].<ref>{{United Kingdom district population citation|NI}}</ref> It covers most of the northwest of [[Northern Ireland]]. The local authority is [[Derry City and Strabane District Council]].
==Geography==
It is located in the northwest of Northern Ireland and includes parts of counties [[County Londonderry|Londonderry]] and [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]], and borders [[County Donegal]] in the [[Republic of Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lgbc-ni.org/introduction_compressed.pdf |work=Review of Northern Ireland Local Government Boundaries - Final Recommendations Report |title=Introduction |author=Local Government Boundaries Commissioner for Northern Ireland |date=2009-06-26 |access-date=2010-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721172040/http://www.lgbc-ni.org/introduction_compressed.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The district had a population of {{UK subdivision population|GSS=N09000005}} in {{UK subdivision statistics year}}.<ref name="popstats" /> The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008. Outside of [[Derry|Derry City]] the district is largely rural, containing a large swathe of the [[Sperrin Mountains]] 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),<ref>{{cite web|title=Area Profile for District Electoral Areas|work=NINIS: Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service|author=Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency|url=https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfiledea.aspx|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref> each comprising some local areas for the purposes of the district's local community planning:
* Ballyarnett: [[Culmore]], [[Shantallow]], Carnhill, Galliagh and Skeoge;<ref>{{cite web|title=Ballyarnett|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/Ballyarnett|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>
* Derg: [[Newtownstewart]], [[Killeter]], [[Sion Mills]], [[Castlederg]], [[Clady, County Tyrone|Clady]], [[Victoria Bridge, County Tyrone|Victoria Bridge]], [[Ardstraw]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Derg|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/Derg|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>  and part of [[Strabane|Strabane Town]] local area;<ref name="derrystrabane">{{cite web|title=Strabane Town|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/Strabane-Town|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>
* [[Faughan (District Electoral Area)|Faughan]]: [[Newbuildings]], [[Eglinton, County Londonderry|Eglinton]], [[Claudy]], Enagh, [[Magheramason]], [[Campsie, County Tyrone|Campsie]] and [[Bready]];<ref>{{cite web|title=Faughan|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/Faughan|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>
* Foyleside: Ballymagroarty, Foyle Springs, Northland, Rosemount, Springtown and Madam's Bank;<ref>{{cite web|title=Foyleside|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/Foyleside|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>
* Sperrin: Plumbridge, [[Artigarvan]], [[Donemana]], Park, Sperrin, Ballynamallaght, [[Cranagh]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sperrin|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/Sperrin|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref> and part of [[Strabane|Strabane Town]] local area;<ref name="derrystrabane" />
* The Moor: [[Creggan, Derry|Creggan]], Brandywell, City Walls and Sherrifs Mountain;<ref>{{cite web|title=The Moor|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/The-Moor|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>
* [[Waterside, Derry|Waterside]]: [[Drumahoe]], Victoria, Caw, Ebrington, Kilfennan, Lisnagelvin and Clondermot.<ref>{{cite web|title=Waterside|work=Local Community Plans|author=Derry City and Strabane District Council|url=https://www.derrystrabane.com/Subsites/Community-Planning/Local-Community-Plans/Waterside|access-date=2015-01-15}}</ref>
==Local government==
{{main|Derry City and Strabane District Council}}
Derry City and Strabane District Council replaced [[Derry City Council]] and [[Strabane District Council]]. The first election for the new district was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008, [[Secretary of State for Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland Secretary]] [[Shaun Woodward]] announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/7367253.stm ''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 [[Derry~Londonderry railway station]], operated by [[NI Railways]]. Its area was also formerly served by [[Eglinton railway station (Northern Ireland)|Eglinton railway station]] (closed in 1973), along the [[Belfast-Derry line]].
==See also==
* [[Local government in Northern Ireland]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{NI districts}}
[[Category:Derry and Strabane district| ]]
[[Category:Districts of Northern Ireland, 2015-present]]
[[Category:Derry (city)]]
[[Category:Strabane]]