North West England

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**North West England**
Geography
North West region shown within England
Status	Region
Area — Total	Ranked 6th 14,165 km²
NUTS 1	UKD
Demographics
Population — Total — Density	Ranked 3rd 6,729,800 (2001) 475/km²
Government
HQ	Liverpool / Manchester
Assembly — Type	North West non-directly elected
European parliament	North West England
Website

North West England is one of the nine regions of England. The highest point in the region is Scafell Pike, in Cumbria, at 3209 ft / 978 m (which is also England's highest peak).

Two large conurbations, centred on the cities of Liverpool and Manchester, dominate the south of the region. The north of the region (that is, north Lancashire and Cumbria) is largely rural.

1 Local government
2 Elected regional assembly
3 European Parliament
4 History
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Local government

The official region consists of the following subdivisions:

Ceremonial county	County/ unitary	Districts
Cheshire	Cheshire †	Ellesmere Port and Neston, Chester, Crewe and Nantwich, Congleton, Macclesfield, Vale Royal
	Warrington
	Halton
Cumbria †		Barrow-in-Furness, South Lakeland, Copeland, Allerdale, Eden, Carlisle
Greater Manchester *		Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, Wigan
Lancashire	Lancashire †	West Lancashire, Chorley, South Ribble, Fylde, Preston, Wyre, Lancaster, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Burnley, Rossendale, Hyndburn
	Blackpool
	Blackburn with Darwen
Merseyside *		Knowsley, Liverpool, St Helens, Sefton, Wirral

Key: shire county = † | metropolitan county = *

[edit] Elected regional assembly

Image:Flag of North West England.svg It is one of the two regions (along with Yorkshire and the Humber) that were expected to hold a referendum on the establishment of an elected regional assembly. However, when the North East region of England rejected having an elected regional assembly in a referendum, further referenda where cancelled and the proposals for elected regional assemblies in England put on hold.

[edit] European Parliament

The North West England European Parliament constituency has the same boundaries as the Region.

[edit] History

Ten English regions were established by the government in 1994 (see Regions_of_England).

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

Government Office for the North West
Northwest Regional Development Agency
North West Regional Assembly
EnvironmentConnect - A UK based organisation aimed at helping businesses to benefit from environmental technologies or equipment.

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Regions of England: East of England \| East Midlands \| London \| North East \| North West \| South East \| South West \| West Midlands \| Yorkshire and the Humber

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