Ballymena

Ballymena
Scots: Bellamaina,^[1] Bellamena^[2]
-or- Seiven Tours^[3]
Irish: *an Baile Meánach*
Ballymena Scots: Bellamaina, Bellamena; -or- Seiven Tours; 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

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.

Population facts

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

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