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Administrative Areas of Northern Ireland
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The first table below shows the historic counties and their administrative sub-divisions before the 1973 changes and lists the successor districts for each, that is the post-change districts which contain some or all of the original county area. The second table lists the districts after these changes.
The first table also shows the Chapman County Codes (CCC) for each county. These are unique 3 letter codes.
Additional information is provided where appropriate and available - the common abbreviation for the area; and the Chapman County Code (CCC), a unique 3 letter code for counties and regions.
For a brief description of the administrative changes in the United Kingdom see - Local Government Changes in the United Kingdom.
Key:- (C) = County Borough
Single-tier local authorities are shown italicised.
The links in the following table are to outline maps showing the location of each county.
| Northern Ireland - changes of 1973 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Historic County | CCC | Administration until 1973 | Successor District Councils |
| Antrim | ANT | Antrim Belfast (C) |
Antrim Ballymena Ballymoney Belfast Carrickfergus Craigavon Larne Lisburn Moyle Newtownabbey |
| Armagh | ARM | Armagh | Armagh Craigavon Newry and Mourne |
| Down | DOW | Down | Ards Banbridge Castlereath Craigavon Down Lisburn Newry and Mourne North Down |
| Fermanagh | FER | Fermanagh | Fermanagh |
| Londonderry / Derry | LDY | Londonderry Londonderry (C) |
Coleraine Cookstown Limavady Londonderry Magherafelt |
| Tyrone | TYR | Tyrone | Cookstown Dungannon Omagh Strabane |
| Northern Ireland Councils from 1973 |
|---|
| Antrim |
| Ards |
| Armagh |
| Ballymena |
| Ballymoney |
| Banbridge |
| Belfast |
| Carrickfergus |
| Castlereagh |
| Coleraine |
| Cookstown |
| Craigavon |
| Down |
| Dungannon |
| Fermanagh |
| Larne |
| Limavady |
| Lisburn |
| Londonerry / Derry |
| Magherafelt |
| Moyle |
| Newry and Mourne |
| Newtonabbey |
| North Down |
| Omagh |
| Strabane |
© GENUKI and Contributors 1993, 1997
Page created by Phil Lloyd in January 1993. Revised and updated in September 1997 by Brian Pears.