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Borough of Bury
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Geography
Status: Metropolitan borough
Region: North West England
Ceremonial County: Greater Manchester
Traditional County: Lancashire
Area:
- Total
Ranked 244th
99.48 km²
Admin. HQ: Bury
ONS code: 00BM
Demographics
Population:
- Total ()
- Density
Ranked {{EnglishDistrictRank

/ km²
Ethnicity: 93.9% White
4.0% S.Asian
Politics
Arms of Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.bury.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
MPs: David Chaytor, Ivan Lewis
The Metropolitan borough of Bury is a metropolitan borough in northern Greater Manchester. The borough consists of six towns: Bury, Ramsbottom, Tottington, Radcliffe, Whitefield and Prestwich.

The borough has an area of 24,511 acres and serves a population of 181,900.

The current borders date from April 1, 1974, when the former county borough of Bury merged with the boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, along with the urban districts of Tottington and Whitefield, and part of the urban district of Ramsbottom.

Parliamentary Constituencies

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury currently consists of two parliamentary constituencies:

Twin Towns

China
France
Germany
USA

Unparished Areas

Showing former status (prior to 1974)

The entirety of the borough is unparished.

  1. Bury (County Borough)
  2. Prestwich (Municipal Borough)
  3. Radcliffe (Municipal Borough)
  4. Ramsbottom (Urban District) (part)
  5. Tottington (Urban District)
  6. Whitefield (Urban District)

External links


Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester
City of Manchester | City of Salford
Metropolitan Borough of Bolton | Metropolitan Borough of Bury | Metropolitan Borough of Oldham | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale | Metropolitan Borough of Stockport | Metropolitan Borough of Tameside | Metropolitan Borough of Trafford | Metropolitan Borough of Wigan


Districts of North West England

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

 


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