Ballymena (borough)

Ballymena is a former local government district with borough status in Northern Ireland. It was one of twenty-six districts created on 1 October 1973 and covered the town of Ballymena and the surrounding area which includes small towns including Broughshane, Cullybackey, Galgorm, Ahoghill and Portglenone. The borough had an area of 200 sqmi and a population of 64,044 according to the 2011 census. The borough had a central location within Northern Ireland and was served by the M2 motorway and with a station on the Belfast-Derry/Londonderry railway line. Belfast International Airport itself was only 18 mi away and the Belfast City Airport is 30 mi from Ballymena. It was also accessible to the seaports of Larne and Belfast, 20 and 27 mi away respectively. As of 2015 it has been replaced by Mid and East Antrim Borough Council.

Parliamentary and assembly representation
Together with the neighbouring Borough of Ballymoney and part of the District of Moyle, it formed the North Antrim constituency for elections to the Westminster Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly.