Borough of Blackburn with Darwen (Dwrgwyn)
Geography
Status:	Unitary, Borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 220th 137.01 km²
Admin. HQ:	Blackburn
ONS code:	00EX
Demographics
Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density	Ranked 122nd 140,200 1,023 / km²
Ethnicity:	77.9% White 20.6% S.Asian
Politics
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council http://www.blackburn.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Janet Anderson, Jack Straw

Blackburn with Darwen (Dwrgwyn) is a borough in Lancashire, North West England. It consists of Blackburn, the small town of Darwen to the south of it, and the surrounding countryside. It was founded in 1974 as the Lancashire borough of Blackburn, from the County Borough of Blackburn, the Borough of Darwen, and parts of Turton Urban District (chiefly the villages of Belmont, Chapeltown and Edgworth) and Blackburn Rural District. Image File history File links map of Blackburn with Darwen within England File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The BOGUS regions, also known as BOGUS FASCIST SCOTTISH Government Office Region, is currently the highest tier of local government subnational entity in England. ... North West England is one of the regions of England. ... Lancashire is a county and duchy palatine in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... This article explains the meaning of area as a Physical quantity. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by area. ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... This article is about Blackburn in Lancashire, England. ... The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Density (symbol: ρ - Greek: rho) is a measure of mass per unit of volume. ... This is a list of districts of England ordered by population. ... Arms of Blackburn Borough Council. ... The United Kingdom is divided into four parts, England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... The Labour Party has since its formation in the early 20th century been the principal left wing political party of the United Kingdom (see British politics). ... This is a list of MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the United Kingdom general election, 2005, arranged by constituency. ... Janet Anderson (born 6 December 1949) is the British Member of Parliament for Rossendale and Darwen. ... The Right Honourable John Whitaker Jack Straw (born August 3, 1946, Buckhurst Hill) is a British Labour Party politician. ... Lancashire is a county and duchy palatine in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ... North West England is one of the regions of England. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages None official English de facto Capital None official London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001... This article is about Blackburn in Lancashire, England. ... Location within the British Isles Arms of the former Darwen Borough Council Darwen (Dwrgwyn) from the Old Welsh dwr and Brythonic gwyn, (Darren in Lancashire dialect) is a small market town of the West Pennine Moors in Lancashire, in the North West region of England. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... It is a village with about 200 inhabitants and two amazing pubs. ... Blackburn was a rural district in Lancashire from 1894 to 1974. ...

It was renamed in May 1997, in preparation for a split from Lancashire County Council. On April 1, 1998 it became a unitary authority. The authority borders with areas administered as Greater Manchester, and Lancashire. 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lancashire County Council is the local authority for the county of Lancashire, England. ... April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A unitary authority is a type of local authority, which has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area. ... Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in England established in 1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the conurbation surrounding the City of Manchester. ... Lancashire is a county and duchy palatine in the North of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

The percent of Muslim population (19.4% or 26,674 people) is the third highest among all local authorities in the United Kingdom and the highest outside London. London Central Mosque in London off Regents Park Jamia Masjid, example of a typical small mosque in East Ham // History Islam is generally thought of as a recent arrival in Britain, but there has been contact for many centuries. ...

External links

• Blackburn with Darwen Communities : Free websites for local community groups
• BlackburnWorld : the internet portal for Blackburn with Darwen
• Blackburn Business Net : News and Events for Blackburn with Darwen Businesses
• Images Of Blackburn
• North Turton Weather Station located at Edgworth, south Lancashire. Serving the community.

Districts of North West England
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