Lisburn

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Lisburn city

Geography
Area: - Total - % Water	Ranked 16th 447 km² ? %
Admin HQ:	Lisburn
	GB-LSB
ONS code:	95S
Demographics
Population: - Total (April 29, 2001) - Density	Ranked 2nd 108,694 243 / km²
Community:	Protestant: 62.8% Catholic: 33.4%
Politics
Lisburn Borough Council http://www.lisburn.gov.uk
MPs:	Jeffrey Donaldson Gerry Adams

Lisburn is a city in County Down, Northern Ireland, with a population of about 110,000. The town is predominantly unionist, but has a number of nationalist communities.

Negotiations preceding the American War of Independence between Ben Franklin and Lord Hillsborough took place at the parish of Hillsborough in Lisburn. It was made a city in 2002, as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations.

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