Belfast metropolitan area

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Belfast Metropolitan Area
Metropolitan area
Belfast Metropolitan Area Location in Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 5°55′48″W / 54.597°N 5.930°W / 54.597; -5.930
Sovereign State	United Kingdom
Constituent Country	Northern Ireland
District	Belfast Lisburn Bangor, County Down North Down Newtownabbey Castlereagh
County	County Antrim / County Down
Government
• UK Parliament	Belfast North Belfast South Belfast East Belfast West Lagan Valley East Antrim South Antrim Strangford North Down
Area
• Total	370 sq mi (960 km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (BST (WEST))
Area code	028

The Belfast metropolitan area, also known as Greater Belfast, is a grouping of council areas which include commuter towns and overspill from Belfast, Northern Ireland, with a population of 672,522 in 2011 and 704,406 in 2021. The area combines the Belfast, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, North Down, Castlereagh and Carrickfergus districts from before the local government reorganization of 2014. This equates to 37.1% of Northern Ireland's population.