NationMaster - Encyclopedia: St Helens (borough)

Borough of St Helens

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Merseyside
Area: - Total	Ranked 221st 136.38 km�
Admin. HQ:	St Helens
ONS code:	00BZ
Demographics
Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density	Ranked 82nd 176,720 1,296 / km�
Ethnicity:	98.8% White
Politics
St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	David Watts, Shaun Woodward

St Helens is a metropolitan borough in Merseyside, North West England. It is named for its main town, St Helens. Other settlements in the borough include Newton-le-Willows, Haydock, Rainhill ,Eccleston and Rainford.

The borough was formed on April 1, 1974 as a merger of the former county borough of St Helens, along with the urban districts of Haydock, Newton-le-Willows and Rainford, and parts of Billinge-and-Winstanley and Ashton-in-Makerfield urban districts, along with part of Whiston Rural District.

Districts of England - North West England
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside

Categories: Stub | Merseyside

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St Helens, Merseyside - definition of St Helens, Merseyside in Encyclopedia (364 words)
	St Helens is a town in the traditional county of Lancashire and the metropolitan county of Merseyside in North West England.
	In 1868 it was incorporated as a borough and was made a county borough in 1889.
	St Helens Junction station on the Liverpool to Manchester line is 2 miles (3 km) south of the town centre.

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