Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Borough of Rochdale | |
|---|---|
| |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Greater Manchester |
| Historic County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 207th 158.08 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Rochdale |
| ONS code: | 00BQ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density | Ranked 65th 206,400 1,306 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 88.6% White 9.8% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
 Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats (council NOC) |
| MPs: | Jim Dobbin, Paul Rowen, Phil Woolas |
The Metropolitan borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in North West England. Its main town is Rochdale. Other towns are Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough, Castleton, Milnrow and Wardle.
The borough, which is the largest such borough of Greater Manchester, was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the former county borough of Rochdale, with the municipal boroughs of Heywood and Middleton, along with the urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle, all of which were in the administrative county of Lancashire.
The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham lies to the east, and the Metropolitan Borough of Bury lies to the west.
[edit] Unparished Areas
Showing former status (prior to 1974)
- Heywood (Municipal Borough)
- Littleborough (Urban District)
- Middleton (Municipal Borough)
- Milnrow (Urban District)
- Rochdale (County Borough)
- Wardle (Urban District)
| Districts of North West England | Image:Flag of England.svg |
|
Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
|
Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |
