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English metropolitan borough list
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The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It has a population of 211,800, covers , and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston.
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| Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Rochdale, but spans a far larger area which includes the towns of Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough and...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire in Yorkshire and the Humber Region of England.
In addition to the town of Doncaster, the borough covers Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne and Finningley, where the...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It comprises the towns of Kirkby, Prescot, Huyton, Whiston, Halewood and Cronton; Kirkby, Huyton, and Prescot being the major commercial centres. It takes its...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley |
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Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire, England. Its main town is Barnsley.
The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east. 68% of Barnsley's...
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| City of Wakefield |
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The City of Wakefield is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. In addition to Wakefield, the district's administrative centre, the city covers a wider area which encompasses other...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Walsall |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough of the county of West Midlands, England. It is named after Walsall, its administrative headquarters.
Other major towns on the borough include Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston,...
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| Kirklees |
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Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It has a population of 390,000 and includes the settlements of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham,...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Bury |
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The Metropolitan borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in the northwest of England. Lying to the north of the City of Manchester, the borough consists of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Solihull |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Solihull is a metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. It is named after its main town of Solihull, which is the seat of Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council. Much of the large residential...
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| South Tyneside |
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South Tyneside is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear in North East England.
It is bordered by four other boroughs - Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to the west, Sunderland in the south, and North Tyneside to the north. The border county of...
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| Birmingham |
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Birmingham (; ; Ber-ming-um) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands county of England. Birmingham is the largest of England's core cities, and is the second city of the United Kingdom. The City of Birmingham has a population of 1...
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| City of Bradford |
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The City of Bradford is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough and a city. It is named after its largest settlement Bradford, but covers a larger area, including the towns of Keighley,...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead |
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Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. It is named for its main town, Gateshead. Other settlements include Rowlands Gill, Felling, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell.
It is bordered by...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Wirral |
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Wirral or The Wirral is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England, which occupies the northern part of the Wirral Peninsula.
Wirral Metropolitan Borough has a population of about 311,200 (2006 estimate) in an area of 60 square miles...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Stockport |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Stockport is a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in north west England, centered around the town of Stockport. It has a population of about 280,600 and includes the suburbs of Cheadle and Cheadle Hulme, Marple,...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Oldham |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Oldham is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Oldham, but covers a far larger area totaling , which includes the towns of Chadderton, Failsworth, Royton...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Dudley |
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The Metropolitan borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It was created in 1974, and is made up of the town of Dudley (where the council has its headquarters), Stourbridge, Halesowen, Brierley Hill, Amblecote,...
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| Manchester |
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Mancunian (or Mancs) is a dialect, and the name given to the people of Manchester, England, and surrounding areas within Greater Manchester.
The dialect itself differs to other Northern English dialects. This is most noticeable with words ending in...
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| Metropolitan Borough of St Helens |
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The Metropolitan Borough of St Helens is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. It is named after its largest town, St Helens, though covers a much wider area which includes the settlements of Newton-le-Willows ,Earlestown, Haydock, Rainhill...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Bolton |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Bolton is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town Bolton, but covers a far larger area including six smaller towns and a number of villages around the West Pennine Moors.
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| Tameside |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after the River Tame which flows through the borough and consists of the nine towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton,...
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| Wolverhampton |
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Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough of the West Midlands, England. In 2004, the local government district had an estimated population of 239,100; the wider Urban Area had a population of 251,462, which makes it the 13th largest city in...
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| City of Salford |
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The City of Salford is a local government district of Greater Manchester, England, with the status of a city and metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Salford, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of...
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| City of Leeds |
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The City of Leeds is a metropolitan borough with city status within the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, with a population of and is a member of the English Core Cities Group. It stretches from Otley and Wetherby in the north, on...
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| Liverpool |
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Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880. Liverpool has a population of 435,500, and lies at the...
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| Newcastle upon Tyne |
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Newcastle upon Tyne (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city in Tyne and Wear, England, historically part of the English county of Northumberland. Situated on the north bank of the River Tyne, the city owes its name to the Norman castle built in...
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| Sefton |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Sefton is a metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England. Its local authority is Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council.
Sefton was formed by the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, by the amalgamation of the former...
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| Metropolitan Borough of Wigan |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. It is named after its largest component town, Wigan, but covers a far larger area, which includes the towns of Leigh, Ashton-in-Makerfield,...
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| Sheffield |
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Sheffield is a city and metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. It is so named because of its origins in a field on the River Sheaf that runs through the city.
Historically a part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the city has grown from...
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| Calderdale |
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The Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of the metropolitan county of West Yorkshire, England, through which the upper part of the River Calder flows, and from which it takes its name. Its largest and most populous...
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| Sandwell |
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Sandwell is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is made up of the Black Country towns of Oldbury, Rowley Regis, Smethwick, Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.
Sandwell borders the City of Birmingham to the east, the...
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