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Rossendale
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Borough of Rossendale
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Image:LancashireRossendale.png 120px|Rossendale''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 218th1 E8 m² 138.05 square kilometre km²
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|Admin. HQ:||
Rawtenstall
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ONS coding system ONS code:||30UM
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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 317th65,900
477 / km²
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|Ethnicity:||96.2% White
3.1% S.Asian
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
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Image:Arms-rossendale.jpg 200px|Arms of Rossendale Borough CouncilRossendale Borough Council
http://www.rossendale.gov.uk/
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Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors Leadership:||Alternative - Sec.31
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|Control:||
Labour Party (UK) Labour
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 MPs:||
Janet Anderson,
Greg Pope
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'''Rossendale''' is a
Non-metropolitan district local government district with
borough status in
Lancashire,
England. Its council is based in
Rawtenstall. The borough consists of towns in the
Rossendale Valley of the
River Irwell, and the surrounding
moorland of the South
Pennines.
Other places in Rossendale include:
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Bacup, Lancashire Bacup
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Crawshawbooth
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Deeply Vale
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Edenfield
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Greave, Lancashire Greave
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Haslingden
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Laund,
Lumb
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Newchurch,
Nun Hills
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Ramsbottom (part of),
Rawtenstall
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Rockliffe
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Shawforth,
Stubbins
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Waterfoot,
Whitworth, Lancashire Whitworth
The district was formed in
1974 under the
Local Government Act 1972, from the boroughs of Bacup, Haslingden, Rawtenstall, part of Ramsbottom
urban district and Whitworth urban district.
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Category:Local government in Lancashire
Category:Shire districts
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