Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale
Borough of Greater Manchester, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England. Its largest town is Rochdale and the wider borough covers other outlying towns and villages, including Middleton, Heywood, Milnrow and Littleborough. It is the ninth-largest district by population in Greater Manchester with a population of 226,992 in 2022.[3]
Quick Facts Borough of Rochdale, Sovereign state ...
Borough of Rochdale | |
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Coordinates: 53°37′00″N 2°09′24″W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | North West |
Ceremonial county and city region | Greater Manchester |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Named for | Rochdale |
Administrative HQ | Number One Riverside |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan borough |
• Body | Rochdale Borough Council |
• Executive | Leader and cabinet |
• Control | Labour |
• Leader | Neil Emmott (L) |
• Mayor | Shakil Ahmed |
• MPs | 2 MPs |
Area | |
• Total | 61 sq mi (158 km2) |
• Rank | 163rd |
Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 226,992 |
• Rank | 82nd |
• Density | 3,720/sq mi (1,435/km2) |
Demonym | Rochdalian |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
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ISO 3166 code | GB-RCH |
GSS code | E08000005 |
Website | rochdale |
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