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{{Infobox settlement

| name = DerryCounty Londonderry

| native_name = {{native name|ga|Contae Dhoire}}<br />''Coontie Lunnonderrie'' ([[Ulster Scots dialect|Ulster-Scots]])

| settlement_type = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]

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| timezone_DST = [[British Summer Time|BST]]

| utc_offset_DST = +1

| website =

| website = {{URL|https://discovernorthernireland.com/about-northern-ireland/counties/co-londonderry/county-londonderry/}}

| postal_code_type = [[List of postcode areas in the United Kingdom|Postcode area]]

| postal_code = [[BT postcode area|BT]]

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| subdivision_name2 = [[Ulster]]

| footnotes = ''Contae Dhoire''<ref>{{cite web |title=Northern Ireland |url=http://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf |url-status=live |publisher=Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom) |access-date=28 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107010755/https://www.army.mod.uk/documents/general/Northern_Ireland_section_4_07.pdf%0A |archive-date=7 January 2019}}</ref> is the Irish name; ''Coontie Lunnonderrie'' is its name in [[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster Scots]].<ref>[http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf Banagher and Boveagh Churches] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110830193411/http://www.doeni.gov.uk/niea/banagherus.pdf |date=30 August 2011}} Department of the Environment.</ref>

| official_name = Derry

| other_name = Londonderry

}}

'''County Derry ({{lang-ga|Contae Dhoire}})''', also known as '''County Londonderry''' ([[Ulster Scots dialects|Ulster-Scots]]: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as '''County Derry''' ({{lang-ga|Contae Dhoire}}), is one of the six [[Counties of Northern Ireland|counties]] of [[Northern Ireland]], one of the thirty-two [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of [[Ireland]] and one of the nine counties of [[Ulster]]. Before the [[partition of Ireland]], it was one of the [[Counties of Ireland|counties]] of the [[Kingdom of Ireland]] from 1613 onward and then of the [[United Kingdom]] after the [[Acts of Union 1800]]. Adjoining the north-west shore of [[Lough Neagh]], the county covers an area of {{convert|2118|km2|mi2|abbr=on}} and today has a population of about 252,231.<ref name="2021 pop"/>

Since 1972, the counties in Northern Ireland, including Londonderry, have no longer been used by the state as part of the local administration. Following further reforms in 2015, the area is now governed under three different districts: [[Derry and Strabane]], [[Causeway Coast and Glens]] and [[Mid-Ulster District|Mid-Ulster]]. Despite no longer being used for local government and administrative purposes, it is sometimes used in a cultural context in [[All-Ireland]] sporting and cultural events (i.e. [[Derry GAA]]).

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== Administration ==

The county was administered by [[Londonderry County Council]] from 1899 until [[Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|the abolition]] of county councils in Northern Ireland in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|title=Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972|publisher=Legislation.gov.uk|access-date=29 November 2019|archive-date=30 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030152505/http://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1972/9/contents|url-status=live}}</ref> They were replaced by [[Local government in Northern Ireland|district councils]]. These councils were: [[Derry City Council|Londonderry City Council]] (renamed Derry City Council in 1984), [[Limavady Borough Council]], and [[Magherafelt District Council]], most of [[Coleraine Borough Council]], and part of [[Cookstown District Council]]. After a reduction in the number of councils in Northern Ireland in 2011, County Londonderry is divided into three cross-county councils: [[Causeway Coast and Glens]], [[Derry and Strabane]], and [[Mid-Ulster District]].

== Transport ==

[[File:Downhill Railway Runnel - geograph.org.uk - 1197950.jpg|thumb|Downhill Tunnels near [[Castlerock railway station]].]]

[[Translink (Northern Ireland)|Translink]] provides a [[Northern Ireland Railways]] service in the county, linking [[Derry ~ Londonderry railway station|Derry~Londonderry railway station]] to [[Coleraine railway station]] (with a branch to {{stnlnk|Portrush}} on the [[Coleraine–Portrush railway line]]) and onwards into County Antrim to [[Belfast Lanyon Place railway station|Belfast Lanyon Place]] and [[Belfast GreatGrand Victoria Street railwayCentral station|Belfast Great VictoriaGrand StreetCentral]] on the [[Belfast-Derry railway line]].

There is also the [[Foyle Valley Railway]], a museum in [[Derry]] with some rolling stock from both the [[County Donegal Railway]] and the [[Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway]], and is located on the site of the former [[Londonderry Foyle Road railway station]]. The [[Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway]] continued as a private bus company based in the city but operating predominantly in [[County Donegal]] until it closed in 2014. Bus services are now provided by [[Ulsterbus]].