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Calderdale | olspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Borough of Calderdale | | olspan=2 align=center|Calderdale | | 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: | West Yorkshire | a href="/encyclopedia/Surface-area" title="Surface area">Area:
- Total | Ranked 131st
363.92 km² | | dmin. HQ: | Halifax | | a href="/encyclopedia/ONS-coding-system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code: | 00CY | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics | a href="/encyclopedia/Population" title="Population">Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density | Ranked 67th
193,424
532 / km² | | thnicity: | 93.0% White
5.7% S.Asian | | olspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics | olspan=2 align=center|
Calderdale Council
http://www.calderdale.gov.uk/ | | a href="/encyclopedia/Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors" title="Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors">Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet | | xecutive: | Conservative | | a href="/encyclopedia/MPs-elected-in-the-UK-general-election,-2001" title="MPs elected in the UK general election, 2001">MPs: | Christine McCafferty, Alice Mahon | 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. 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
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.
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