Hyndburn
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Borough of Hyndburn | |
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Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire |
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Geography | |
Status: | Borough |
Region: | North West England |
Admin. County: | Lancashire |
Area: - Total |
Ranked 277th 72.99 km² |
Admin. HQ: | Accrington |
ONS code: | 30UG |
Demographics | |
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 283rd 81,600 1,118 / km² |
Ethnicity: | 91.7% White 7.4% S.Asian |
Politics | |
Hyndburn Borough Council http://www.hyndburnbc.gov.uk/ |
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Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
Executive: | Conservative |
MP: | Greg Pope |
Hyndburn is a local government district with borough status in Lancashire, England. Its council is based in Accrington. The district is named after the River Hyndburn.
It was formed in 1974 by the amalgamation of the Borough of Accrington, the Urban Districts of Church, Clayton-le-Moors, Great Harwood, Oswaldtwistle and Rishton, and part of the Burnley Rural District.
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 |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |
Ceremonial county of Lancashire |
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Unitary authorities: Blackpool | Blackburn with Darwen Non-metropolitan districts: West Lancashire | Chorley | South Ribble | Fylde | Preston | Wyre | Lancaster | Ribble Valley | Pendle | Burnley | Rossendale | Hyndburn Topics: Places | Parishes | Parliamentary constituencies |