Fermanagh and Omagh Irish: Fear Manach agus An Ómaigh Ulster Scots: Fermanay an Omey
District
Fermanagh and Omagh shown within Northern Ireland
Coordinates: 54°32′42″N 7°29′38″W / 54.545°N 7.494°W / 54.545; -7.494
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
Incorporated	1 April 2015
Named after	Fermanagh District and Omagh District
Administrative HQ	The Grange, Omagh and the Townhall, Enniskillen
Government [1]
• Type	District council
• Body	Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
• Executive	Committee system
• Control	Sinn Féin
Area [2]
• Total	1,095 sq mi (2,836 km2)
• Rank	1st
Population  (2024)[2]
• Total	117,687
• Rank	11th
• Density	110/sq mi (41/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode areas	BT
Dialling codes	028
ISO 3166 code	GB-FMO
GSS code	N09000006
Website	fermanaghomagh.com

Fermanagh and Omagh is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging Fermanagh District and Omagh District. It covers most of the Southwest of Northern Ireland. The local authority is Fermanagh and Omagh District Council, which likewise replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council.

Geography

It is located in the southwest of Northern Ireland, covering all of County Fermanagh and parts of County Tyrone. It borders counties Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The name of the new district was announced on 17 September 2008.

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council replaced Fermanagh District Council and Omagh District Council. The first election for the new district council was originally due to take place in May 2009, but in April 2008 Shaun Woodward, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, announced that the scheduled 2009 district council elections were to be postponed until 2011.^[3] The first elections took place on 22 May 2014 and the council acted as a shadow authority until 1 April 2015.

See also

• Local government in Northern Ireland

References