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, Greater Manchester|Middleton]], [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Heywood]], [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]] and [[Milnrow]], and the village of [[Wardle, Greater Manchester|Wardle]].
The borough was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the [[Local Government Act 1972]] and is an [[Amalgamation (politics)|amalgamation]] of six former local government districts. It was originally proposed that the borough include the neighbouring town of [[Bury]] and disclude Middleton; Bury however went on to form the administrative centre for the adjacent [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury]].
The borough, which lies directly north-northeast of the [[Manchester|City of Manchester]], has a population of 206,500, and although most parts are highly industrialised and densely populated, contiguous with one of the [[United Kingdom]]'s major cities, some of the borough consists of rural open space, for the most part due the territory in the eastern half stretching across [[Blackstone Edge]] and the [[Pennines|Pennine hills]].
==History==
[[Image:Municipal Offices, Rochdale.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The Municipal Offices at central Rochdale house most of the Metropolitan Borough Council.]]
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 and, from the [[Administrative counties of England|administrative county]] of [[Lancashire]], the [[municipal borough]]s of Heywood and Middleton, along with the [[urban district]]s of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle.
==Neighbouring districts==
The [[Metropolitan Borough of Oldham]] lies to the east, and the [[Metropolitan Borough of Bury]] lies to the west. The [[Manchester|City of Manchester]] is to the south.
==Unparished areas==
Showing former status (prior to 1974)
# [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Heywood]] (municipal borough)
# [[Littleborough, Greater Manchester|Littleborough]] (urban district)
# [[Middleton, Greater Manchester|Middleton]] (municipal borough)
# [[Milnrow]] (urban district)
# [[Rochdale]] (county borough)
# [[Wardle, Greater Manchester|Wardle]] (urban district)
== Ethnic Group<ref>[http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=276780&c=rochdale&d=13&e=13&g=353557&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&r=1&s=1208209698374&enc=1&dsFamilyId=1809 Lead View Table<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==
*White British - 174,200
*White Irish - 2,700
*White Other - 2,500
*South Asian - 22,200
*Black British - 1,500
*Chinese or Other - 1,200
*Mixed White and Asian - 900
*Mixed White and Black - 1,100
*Mixed Other - 400
==Twin Towns==
The Borough of Rochdale has formal [[twin towns|twinning arrangements]] with four places:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/leisure_and_culture/libraries/town_twinning.aspx |title=Town twinning |publisher=rochdale.gov.uk |accessdate=2008-03-01}}</ref> Two were originally twinned with a place within the Metropolitan Borough boundaries prior to its creation in 1974. In addition, Rochdale supports friendship links with [[Avellino]] (Italy), [[Kabernet]] (Kenya) and [[Riga]] (Latvia).
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|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | 1953
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|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | 1956
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|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | ''[[Lower Saxony]]''
|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | [[Heywood, Greater Manchester|Municipal Borough of Heywood]]
|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | 1967
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|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | 1988
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|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | [[Ukraine]]
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|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | ''[[Lviv Oblast]]''
|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
|! style="background: #FFFFEF; color: #000000" ! | 1992
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==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.rochdale.gov.uk www.rochdale.gov.uk], Rochdale Council.
*[http://www.investinrochdale.co.uk/ www.investinrochdale.co.uk/], Rochdale Development Agency - information on the borough, its economy and regeneration.
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