is located mainly in the western and southern parts of the country, especially rural areas of Agder and Rogaland counties, which contains numerous devout Lutherans. Poland South and East parts of Poland are much more religious than North and West. See Poland A and B. Soviet Union Before its independence, Soviet Ukraine was known as the Bible Belt of the Soviet Union, with a significant proportion of Baptists. Sweden The area normally called the Bible Belt of Sweden is centered on Jönköping in southern Sweden and contains numerous free churches. Of the Småland counties, Jönköping is characterised by the Free Church, Kalmar by the High Church and Kronoberg by the Old Church. In a broader sense, the Bible Belt refers to the area between Jönköping and Gothenburg. There are also numerous conservative Lutheran Laestadians in the Torne valley area in the far north of the country. United Kingdom In Northern Ireland, the area in County Antrim stretching from roughly Ballymoney to Larne and centred in the area of Ballymena is often referred to as a Bible Belt. This is because the area is heavily Protestant with a large evangelical community. From 1970 to 2010, the MP for North Antrim was Ian Paisley, a Free Presbyterian minister well known for his theological fundamentalism. The town of Ballymena, the largest town in the constituency, is often referred to as the "buckle" of the Bible Belt. See also Banana Belt Blue wall Born again Christian fundamentalism Christian right Conservative holiness movement Cow belt Deep South Evangelicalism in the United States Great Awakening Jesusland map List of belt regions of the United States List of U.S. states by religiosity Quran Belt Rust Belt Southern Baptist Convention Unchurched Belt References Further reading Balmer, Randall H. (2002). Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism. Westminster John Knox Press. Brunn, Stanley D., Gerald R. Webster, and J. Clark Archer. "The Bible Belt in a changing south: Shrinking, relocating, and multiple buckles." Southeastern Geographer 51.4 (2011): 513-549. online Christine Leigh H, (1997), Southern Cross: The Beginnings of the Bible Belt. Knopf. Denman, Stan. (2004). Political Playing for the Soul of the American South: Theater and the Maintenance of Cultural Hegemony in the American Bible Belt. Southern Quarterly, 42(3), 64–72. Hayes, Turner Elizabeth. (1997). Women, Culture and Community: Religion and Reform in Galveston 1880–1920, Oxford University Press. Heatwole, Charles A. (1978). The Bible Belt; a problem of regional definition. Journal of Geography, 77,