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Ribble Valley
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Borough of Ribble Valley
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Image:LancashireRibbleValley.png 120px|Ribble Valley''Shown within
Lancashire''
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography
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|width="45%"|Status:||Borough
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Regions of England Region:||
North West England
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|Admin. County:||
Lancashire
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Surface area Area:
- Total||
List of English districts by area Ranked 81st1 E8 m² 584.47 square kilometre km²
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|Admin. HQ:||
Clitheroe
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ONS coding system ONS code:||30UL
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics
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Population:
- Total (
2004 est.)
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Density.html">List of English districts by population
Ranked 332nd56,600
97 / km²
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|Ethnicity:||98.4% White
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
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Image:Ribblevalleyarms.PNG centre|170pxRibble Valley Borough Council
http://www.ribblevalley.gov.uk
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Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors Leadership:||Alternative - Sec.31
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|Control:||
Conservative Party (UK) Conservative
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 MP:||
Nigel Evans
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'''Ribble Valley''' is a
Non-metropolitan district local government district with
borough status in
Lancashire,
England. Its council is based in
Clitheroe. Other places include
Whalley,
Longridge and
Ribchester. The area is so called due to the
River Ribble which flows in its final stages towards its estuary near
Preston. The area is popular with tourists who enjoy the areas natural unspoilt beauty as well as areas such as the
Forest of Bowland.
The district was formed on
April 1,
1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the
municipal borough of
Clitheroe,
Longridge urban district,
Clitheroe Rural District, part of
Blackburn Rural District, part of
Burnley Rural District, and part of
Preston Rural District, as well as the
Bowland Rural District from the
West Riding of Yorkshire.
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Category:Local government in Lancashire
Category:Shire districts
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