Halifax, West Yorkshire

Halifax
Halifax
Town
	Top: Halifax from Beacon Hill; Middle: the Piece Hall, Minster and Town Hall; Bottom: Dean Clough Mills;
	Coat of arms
	Halifax Halifax Location within West Yorkshire
Population	88,134 (2011 Census)
Demonym	Haligonian
OS grid reference	SE090254
• London	165 mi (266 km) S
Metropolitan borough	Calderdale;
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire;
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town	List Bank Top; Boothtown; Catherine Slack; Copley; Fountainhead; Godley Gardens; Holmfield; Illingworth; Illingworth Moor; Lee Mount; Mixenden (Village); Moor End; Mount Tabor; Norton Tower; Ovenden (Village); Pellon; Savile Park; Shibden; Siddal; Skircoat Green; St. Paul's; Stump Cross; Thrum Hall; Town Centre; Warley Town;
Post town	HALIFAX
Postcode district	HX1–HX4
Dialling code	01422
Police	West Yorkshire
Fire	West Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
UK Parliament	Halifax;

Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is near the east Pennine foothills. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In 2011, it had a population of 88,134. It is also the administrative centre of the wider Calderdale Metropolitan Borough.

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