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Maydown

Village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Summary

Village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland

Field	Value
official_name	Maydown
irish_name	Magh Dúin
map_type	Northern Ireland
coordinates
unitary_northern_ireland	Derry and Strabane
population	578
population_ref	(2001 Census)
country	Northern Ireland
postcode_area	BT
postcode_district	BT
dial_code	028
constituency_westminster	Foyle
constituency_ni_assembly	Foyle
lieutenancy_northern_ireland	County Londonderry

Maydown ( meaning "plain of the stronghold") is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is near Derry and Strathfoyle and is within the Derry and Strabane district. In the 2001 Census, it had a population of 270 people.

Industry

Maydown is an industrial zone and was the site of the first DuPont production facility in Europe. DuPont first invented Kevlar in 1965 and its Maydown manufacturing facility is one of only three places in the world where Kevlar is produced.

The DuPont site at Maydown is now the lead partner in the University of Ulster's Biodiversity Action on Industrial Site (BAIS) project that aims to enhance biodiversity on land close to industrial activity. DuPont has developed 116 acre of its Maydown site into wildlife habitats open to the public and a visitor centre used by local schools.

Maydown Precision Engineering was established in 1985.

Places of interest

It was also the site of Royal Air Force Station Maydown, USAAF airfield and later transferred to the Royal Navy as Royal Naval Air Station airfield, RNAS Maydown, during World War II.

Sport

Maydown F.C. is the local football team.

2011 Census

On Census day in 2011:

57.5% were from a Catholic background and 38.9% were from a Protestant background

References

link. (2012-06-13)

Wikipedia Source

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