Down District area (historical local government district)

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Down District area was a former local government district in County Down, Northern Ireland, centered on the town of Downpatrick and known for its rich early Christian heritage and coastal landscapes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf administrative district
former local government district
administrativeCentre Downpatrick
borderedBy Ards and North Down district
surface form: Ards Borough

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district
surface form: Banbridge District

Castlereagh Borough
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
surface form: Lisburn City Council area

Newry, Mourne and Down district
surface form: Newry and Mourne District
containsFeature Irish Sea coastline
Mourne Mountains foothills
Ards Peninsula coast
surface form: Strangford Lough coastline
containsSettlement Ardglass
Ballynahinch
surface form: Ballynahinch, County Down

Clough, County Down
Downpatrick
Dundrum, County Down
Newcastle, County Down
Seaforde
Strangford
containsSite Ardglass harbour
Castlewellan Forest Park
Down Cathedral
Dundrum Bay
Inch Abbey
Murlough National Nature Reserve
Quoile Pondage Nature Reserve
Quoile River NERFINISHED
Saint Patrick-related heritage sites
Tollymore Forest Park
country United Kingdom
dissolvedIn 2015
electoralRegion South Down (Northern Ireland Assembly constituency)
South Down (UK Parliament constituency)
governingBody Down District Council
governmentType district council area
hasGeography coastal landscapes
hasHeritage early Christian heritage
languageUsed English
Irish
Ulster Scots language
surface form: Ulster Scots
legislativeBody Down District Council
locatedInJurisdiction Northern Ireland Assembly
British Parliament
surface form: UK Parliament
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time
Greenwich Mean Time
mergedInto Newry, Mourne and Down district
surface form: Newry, Mourne and Down District
namedAfter County Down
partOf County Down
Northern Ireland
region Ulster

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Saul, County Down partOf Down District area (historical local government district)