Calderdale
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| Borough of Calderdale | |
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| Image:EnglandCalderdale.png | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Ceremonial County: | West Yorkshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 131st 363.92 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Halifax |
| ONS code: | 00CY |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 68th 193,214 531 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 93.0% White 5.7% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Image:Arms-calderdale.jpg Calderdale Council http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative |
| MPs: | Christine McCafferty, Linda Riordan |
Calderdale is a metropolitan district in West Yorkshire, England. Its major settlement is Halifax.
The district is mostly rural and covers part of the Pennines, but there are some industrial towns in the east and some river valleys. Calderdale is named after the River Calder, which runs through it.
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Locations
Other places in Calderdale include:
- Brighouse
- Chiserley, Cornholme, Cragg Vale
- Elland
- Gauxholme, Greetland
- Hebden Bridge, Heptonstall, Holywell Green
- Illingworth
- Luddenden, Luddenden Foot
- Midgeley, Mill Bank, Mixenden, Mount Tabor, Mytholm, Mytholmroyd
- Ogden, Old Town, Ovenden
- Pellon, Portsmouth
- Ripponden, Rishworth
- Savile Park, Skircoat Green, Sowerby, Sowerby Bridge, Sowood Green, Stainland
- Todmorden, Triangle
- Wainstalls, Walsden, Warley Town, West Vale, Wholestone Hill
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History
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the county borough of Halifax, the boroughs of Brighouse, Todmorden and the urban districts of Elland, Hebden Royd, Ripponden, Sowerby Bridge, and part of Queensbury and Shelf urban district.
| Districts of England - Yorkshire and the Humber | Image:England flag large.png |
| Barnsley | Bradford | Calderdale | Craven | Doncaster | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hambleton | Harrogate | Hull | Kirklees | Leeds | North Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | Richmondshire | Rotherham | Ryedale | Scarborough | Selby | Sheffield | Wakefield | York | |
| Administrative counties with multiple districts: North Yorkshire - South Yorkshire - West Yorkshire |