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 largest area which includes the towns of Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough, Castleton, Milnrow and Wardle. The borough was formed in 1974 as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 and is an 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 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 Pennine hills.
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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 county of Lancashire, the municipal boroughs of Heywood and Middleton, along with the urban districts of Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle. Neighbouring districtsThe Metropolitan Borough of Oldham lies to the east, and the Metropolitan Borough of Bury lies to the west. The City of Manchester is to the south. Unparished AreasShowing former status (prior to 1974)
Twin TownsThe Borough of Rochdale has formal twinning arrangements with four places:[1] 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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