Barrow-in-Furness (borough)
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| Borough of Barrow-in-Furness | |
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 Shown within Cumbria | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Cumbria |
| Traditional County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 272nd 77.87 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Barrow-in-Furness |
| ONS code: | 16UC |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 311th 70,561 906 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.2% White |
| Politics | |
| Missing image Arms-barrow.jpg Arms of Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec.31 |
| Control: | Labour |
| MP: | John Hutton |
Barrow-in-Furness is a local government district and borough in Cumbria, England. It is named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements include Dalton-in-Furness, Roose and Askam.
The area that this district covers is at the edge of the Furness peninsula. It jolts into the Irish Sea, being north of Morecambe Bay and south of the Duddon Estuary. This area is historically part of Lancashire.
The current borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former county borough of Barrow-in-Furness, and Dalton-in-Furness.
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Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |