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| Borough of Kirklees | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Ceremonial County: | West Yorkshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 115th 408.60 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Huddersfield |
| ONS code: | 00CZ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2002 est.) - Density | Ranked 7th 389,486 953 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 85.6% White 11.4% S.Asian 1.4% Afro-Carib. |
| Politics | |
Kirklees Metropolitan Council http://www.kirkleesmc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | David Hinchliffe, Kali Mountford, Barry Sheerman, Ann Taylor, Mike Wood |
Kirklees is a metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire. It has a population of 390,000 and includes the towns of Batley, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury and Huddersfield. It is named after the village of Kirklees.
The borough is the most populated borough or district in England not to have city status, but did not apply for this status in either the 2000 or 2002 competitions.
One attraction in Kirklees is Kirklees light railway.
| Districts of England - Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Barnsley | Bradford | Calderdale | Craven | Doncaster | East Riding of Yorkshire | Hambleton | Harrogate | Hull | Kirklees | Leeds | North Lincolnshire | North East Lincolnshire | Richmondshire | Rotherham | Ryedale | Scarborough | Selby | Sheffield | Wakefield | York | |
| Administrative counties with multiple districts: North Yorkshire - South Yorkshire - West Yorkshire |
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