Kirklees
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in England by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Kirklees | |
|---|---|
Metropolitan borough | |
| |
Kirklees shown within West Yorkshire | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Constituent country | England |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| City region | Leeds |
| Ceremonial county | West Yorkshire |
| Established | 1 April 1974 |
| Administrative HQ | Huddersfield |
| Government | |
| • Type | Metropolitan borough |
| • Body | Kirklees Council |
| • Leadership | Leader and cabinet |
| • Leader | Shabir Pandor (Labour) |
| • Mayor | Cahal Burke (Liberal Democrat) |
| • Chief executive: | Steve Mawson |
| • Executive: | Labour |
| Area | |
| • Total | 157.8 sq mi (408.6 km2) |
| • Rank | 85th |
| Population (2021) | |
| • Total | 433,355 |
| • Rank | 14th |
| • Density | 2,750/sq mi (1,061/km2) |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | |
| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
|
| Time zone | UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (British Summer Time) |
| Postcode areas | |
| Dialling codes | 01484 (Huddersfield) 01924 (Wakefield) 01422(Halifax) |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-KIR |
| Vehicle registration prefix | Y |
| GSS code | E08000034 |
| NUTS 3 code | UKE44 |
| ONS code | 00CZ |
| Councillors | 69 |
| MPs | Mark Eastwood (C) Kim Leadbeater (L) Jason McCartney (C) Barry Sheerman (L) |
| Police area | West Yorkshire |
| Fire service | West Yorkshire |
| Ambulance service | Yorkshire |
| Website | kirklees.gov.uk |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.