barnsley (borough)

olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Borough of Barnsley
olspan=2 align=center\|Barnsley
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Geography
idth="45%"\|Status:	Metropolitan borough
a href="/encyclopedia/Regions-of-England" title="Regions of England">Region:	Yorkshire and the Humber
eremonial County:	South Yorkshire
a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area: - Total	Ranked 150th 329.05 km²
dmin. HQ:	Barnsley
a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code:	00CC
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Demographics
a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 54th 217,932 662 / km²
thnicity:	99.1% White
olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"\|Politics
olspan=2 align=center\|Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.barnsley.gov.uk
a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
xecutive:	Labour
a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs:	Eric Illsley, Jeff Ennis, Michael Clapham

Barnsley is a metropolitan borough in South Yorkshire, England. Its main town is Barnsley. The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east.