Bangor in County Down will formally receive city status at an official ceremony on Friday, it was one of eight towns elevated to a city in May after a competition to mark the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
Bangor in County Down will formally receive city status at an official ceremony on Friday.after a competition to mark the platinum jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II.
In the 2011 census, the population of Bangor was just over 60,000. It is situated beside the coast, at the mouth of Belfast Lough. A civic reception will be held on Friday to mark the conferment of city status, with the handing over of the official document, known as letters patent.Bangor was required to show its royal associations and cultural heritage.
In the past, it was a seaside resort which was popular with day trippers and tourists who gathered on the beach in front of the town. In the late 1980s, a marina was built, transforming the seafront.Like many places, it has been hit hard by the building of shopping centres on the outskirts of the central district.
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