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Encyclopedia > Rochdale (borough)
Borough of Rochdale
Rochdale
Geography
Status: Metropolitan borough
Region: North West England
Ceremonial County: Greater Manchester
Area:
- Total		 Ranked 207th
158.08 kmē
Admin. HQ: Rochdale
ONS code: 00BQ
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density		 Ranked 64th
206,218
1,305 / kmē
Ethnicity: 88.6% White
9.8% S.Asian
Politics

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
http://www.rochdale.gov.uk/
Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
Executive: All party
MPs: Jim Dobbin, Lorna Fitzsimons

Rochdale is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester in North West England. Its main town is Rochdale. Other towns are Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough, Milnrow and Wardle.


The town of Rochdale is located at 53°37'00" North, 02°09'00" West (53.6167, -2.1500)1.


Districts of England - North West England

Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre

Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

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Rochdale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1127 words)
Rochdale is a large town in the north-west of England.
With a population of 95,796 it is the largest settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale in Greater Manchester.
Rochdale College in Toronto, Canada, a now-closed co-operative housing and alternative education experiment, was named in honour of the town of Rochdale as a tribute to its historic importance for the co-operative movement.
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