Derry City and Strabane
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Coordinates: 54°55′37″N 7°25′26″W / 54.927°N 7.424°W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Incorporated | 1 April 2015 |
Named for | Derry district and Strabane district |
Government | |
• Type | District council |
• Body | Derry City and Strabane District Council |
• Executive | Committee system |
• Control | No overall control |
Area | |
• Total | 478 sq mi (1,237 km2) |
• Rank | 6th |
Population (2022)[2] | |
• Total | 150,836 |
• Rank | 6th |
• Density | 320/sq mi (122/km2) |
Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode areas | |
Dialling codes | 028 |
ISO 3166 code | GB-DRS |
GSS code | N09000005 |
Website | derrystrabane |
Derry City and Strabane is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the City of Derry District and Strabane District.[3] It covers most of the northwest of Northern Ireland. The local authority is Derry City and Strabane District Council.