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Greater Manchester
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Greater Manchester
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography
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Ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial and
Metropolitan county Metropolitan county (no county council)
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|width="45%"|Origin:||
Local Government Act 1972 1974
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|Region:||
North West England
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Surface area Area:
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List of Ceremonial counties of England by Area Ranked 39th1 E9 m² 1,276 square kilometre km²
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics
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Population:
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2004 est.)
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Density.html">List of ceremonial counties of England by population
Ranked 3rd2,539,100
1,990 / km²
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|Ethnicity:||91.1% White
5.6% S.Asian
1.2% Afro-Carib.
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 Members of Parliament
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Hazel Blears, Graham Brady, Andrew Burnham, David Chaytor, Ann Coffey, David Crausby, Jim Dobbin, Paul Goggins, Andrew Gwynne, David Heyes, Beverley Hughes, Mark Hunter, Brian Iddon, Gerald Kaufman, Barbara Keeley, Ruth Kelly, John Leech (politician) John Leech, Ivan Lewis, Tony Lloyd, Ian McCartney, Michael Meacher, James Purnell, Paul Rowen, Ian Stewart (Labour politician) Ian Stewart, Graham Stringer, Andrew Stunell, Neil Turner, Phil Woolas
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Districts
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City of Manchester
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Stockport (borough) Stockport
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Tameside
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Oldham (borough) Oldham
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Rochdale (borough) Rochdale
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Bury (borough) Bury
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Bolton (borough) Bolton
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Wigan (borough) Wigan
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City of Salford
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Trafford
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'''Greater Manchester''' is a
metropolitan county in
England established in
1974 which covers an area roughly encompassing the
conurbation surrounding the
City of Manchester. It is situated in
North West England. The metropolitan county consists of ten metropolitan boroughs, including the
City of Manchester and the
City of Salford.
Greater Manchester's
Greater Manchester County Council county council was abolished in
1986, and so its districts are now effectively
unitary authority unitary authorities. The county however, still exists legally, and is also a
ceremonial counties of England ceremonial county.
Prior to its creation, the name '''Selnec''' had been used for the area, from the initials 'South East Lancashire North East Cheshire'.
Greater Manchester borders with the
Ceremonial counties of England ceremonial counties of
Cheshire (including
Warrington),
Derbyshire,
West Yorkshire,
Lancashire (including
Blackburn with Darwen) and
Merseyside.
As well as
Manchester, the county includes major centres such as
Bolton,
Metropolitan Borough of Oldham Oldham,
Salford,
Stockport and
Wigan. Greater Manchester is not entirely built-up. Although Manchester forms a conurbation along with Salford,
Trafford and Stockport, other towns and boroughs, such as Bury and
Wigan are clearly separate.
Local government
Greater Manchester is divided into ten
metropolitan boroughs, these are:
Bolton (borough) Bolton,
Bury (borough) Bury, the
City of Manchester,
Oldham (borough) Oldham,
Rochdale (borough) Rochdale, the
City of Salford,
Stockport (borough) Stockport,
Tameside,
Trafford and
Wigan (borough) Wigan.
For the first twelve years after the county was created in
1974, the county had a two-tier system of
local government in the United Kingdom local government, and the boroughs shared power with the
Greater Manchester County Council.
However in
1986, along with five other
metropolitan county councils and the
Greater London Council, the Greater Manchester County Council was abolished, and most of its powers were devolved to the boroughs, which became effective
unitary authorities.
Despite the abolition of the county council, the boroughs jointly administer some services on a county-wide basis. Including:
*The
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive, (GMPTE) which is responsible for planning and co-ordinating
public transport across the county.
*The
Greater Manchester Police, who are overseen by a joint
Police authority.
*The Greater Manchester County Fire Service, who are administered by a joint "Fire and Civil Defence Authority".
*The
Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
Image:Greater_Manchester_Boroughs_and_Conurbation.png thumb|right|240px|Greater Manchester's metropolitan boroughs and urban area
*The Greater Manchester Ambulance Service
These are administered by joint-boards which are made up of councillors appointed from each of the ten boroughs.
The authorities of Greater Manchester are represented by the
Association of Greater Manchester Local Authorities (AGMLA). Which meets to create a co-ordinated county-wide approach to many issues.
The boroughs jointly own the
Manchester Airport Group which controls
Manchester International Airport and several other UK airports. Other services are directly funded and managed by the local councils.
Greater Manchester is still a
ceremonial counties of England Ceremonial county with a
Lord-Lieutenant, and is still recognised for
statistical purposes.
History
:''Main article:
History of Manchester.''
Before 1974 the area of Greater Manchester was split between
Cheshire and
Lancashire with numerous parts being independent
county boroughs. The area was informally known as 'SELNEC', for 'South East Lancashire North East Cheshire'. Also small parts of the
West Riding of Yorkshire (around
Saddleworth) and
Derbyshire were covered.
SELNEC had been proposed by the
Redcliffe-Maud Report of
1969 as a 'metropolitan area'. This had roughly the same northern boundary as today's Greater Manchester, but covered much more territory in north-east Cheshire - including
Macclesfield and
Warrington. It also covered
Glossop in Derbyshire.
In
1969 a SELNEC
Passenger Transport Authority was set up, which covered an area smaller than the proposed SELNEC, but different to the eventual Greater Manchester.
Although the Redcliffe-Maud report was rejected by the
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative Party government after it won the
United Kingdom general election, 1970 1970 general election, it was committed to local government reform, and accepted the need for a county based on Manchester. Its original proposal was much smaller than the Redcliffe-Maud Report's SELNEC, but further fringe areas such as
Wilmslow,
Warrington and
Glossop were trimmed from the edges and included instead in the shire counties. Other late changes included the separation of a proposed Bury/Rochdale authority into the
Metropolitan Borough of Bury and the
Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. Greater Manchester was eventually established in
1974.
Towns and villages
''See the
list of places in Greater Manchester.''
Places of interest
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Buckton Castle
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Bramall Hall,
Bramhall
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Salford Quays,
Salford
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Smithills Hall
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Wythenshawe Hall
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Astley Cheetham Art Gallery,
Ashton-under-Lyne
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Museum of the Manchester Regiment, Ashton-under-Lyne
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Park Bridge Heritage Centre
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Old Trafford (football) Old Trafford, home of Manchester United FC
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Old Trafford (cricket) Old Trafford, home of
Lancashire County Cricket Club
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Imperial War Museum North
External links
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Association of Greater Manchester Local Authorities
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