Blackburn with Darwen

Borough of Blackburn with Darwen
Borough of Blackburn with Darwen
Borough and unitary authority
	From left to right; Top: Blackburn skyline; Middle: Entwistle Bottoms and Belmont village skyline; Bottom: Darwen Town Hall and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in Feniscowles;
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Latin: Arte et Labore, lit. 'By Skill and Labour'
	Blackburn with Darwen shown within Lancashire
	Coordinates: 53.7500°N 2.4815°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	North West
Ceremonial county	Lancashire
Incorporated	1974
Unitary authority	1998
Named for	Blackburn and Darwen
Administrative HQ	Blackburn Town Hall
Government
• Type	Unitary authority with leader and cabinet
• Body	Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
• Control	Labour
• Leader	Phil Riley (L)
• Mayor	Parwaiz Akhtar
• Chief Executive	Denise Park
• House of Commons	2 MPs Jake Berry (C) ; Kate Hollern (L) ;
Area
• Total	53 sq mi (137 km2)
• Rank	173rd
Population (2021)
• Total	154,922
• Rank	135th
• Density	2,930/sq mi (1,131/km2)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 60.4% White ; 35.7% Asian ; 1.7% Mixed ; 0.9% Black ; 1.4% other ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 38.0% Christianity ; 35.0% Islam ; 21.1% no religion ; 0.3% Hinduism ; 0.2% Buddhism ; 0.1% Sikhism ; 0.0% Judaism ; 0.3% other ; 5.0% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
Postcode area	BB; BL; PR;
Dialling code	01254
ISO 3166 code	GB-BBD
GSS code	E06000008
ITL code	TLD41
GVA	2021 estimate
• Total	£3.4 billion
• Per capita	£21,843
GDP (nominal)	2021 estimate
• Total	£3.9 billion
• Per capita	£24,864
Website	blackburn.gov.uk

Blackburn with Darwen is a borough and unitary authority area in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of the towns of Blackburn and Darwen but covers a wider area which includes the villages of Lower Darwen, Feniscowles, Brownhill and Hoddlesden.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.