Ballymena

Ballymena Scots: Bellamaina,[1] Bellamena[2] -or- Seiven Tours[3] Irish: an Baile Meánach
Ballymena town hall
Ballymena
Location within Northern Ireland
Population	28,717 (2001 Census)
Irish grid reference	D1003
• Belfast	28 miles (45 km) SE
District	Ballymena
County	County Antrim
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BALLYMENA
Postcode district	BT42 BT43 BT44
Dialling code	028
Police	Northern Ireland
Fire	Northern Ireland
Ambulance	Northern Ireland
UK Parliament	North Antrim
NI Assembly	North Antrim
Website	http://www.ballymena.gov.uk
List of places UK Northern Ireland Antrim 54°52′N 6°17′W / 54.86°N 6.28°W / 54.86; -6.28

Ballymena is a town in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom. The actor Liam Neeson^[4] and the politician and church minister Ian Paisley used to live in the town.

On 29 April 2001 the United Kingdom government had a census and found that there were 28,717 people living in Ballymena. They also found that:

• 21.6% of people living in Ballymena were over 16 years old and 19.6% were over 60 years old
• 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female
• 24.2% were from a Roman Catholic background and 72.2% were from a Protestant background.
• 3.9% of people aged from 16 to 74 had no job.^[5]

• 
  Ballymena signal box
• 
  Ballymena railway bridge crossing the Galgorm road with a brick building to the right which no longer exists
• 
  Old train station at Ballymena
• 
  New Ballymena train station

1. ↑ "NMSC annual report 2002 – Ulster-Scots" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-29. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
2. ↑ Carrick Castle – Ulster-Scots NI Dept of the Environment.
3. ↑ The Online Scots Dictionary Archived 2014-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 24 August 2012.
4. ↑ The Guardian Film website.
5. ↑ Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service website

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