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Burnley Borough Council

Borough of Burnley
Borough
Burnley Town Hall
Burnley Town Hall
Official logo of Borough of Burnley
Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Shown within non-metropolitan Lancashire
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Constituent country England
Region North West England
Ceremonial county Lancashire
Admin. HQ Burnley
Government
 • Type Burnley Borough Council
 • Leadership: Leader & Cabinet
 • Executive: Labour Party
 • MPs: Julie Cooper
Area
 • Total 42.7 sq mi (110.7 km2)
Area rank 209th
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 87,400
 • Rank Ranked 273rd
 • Density 2,000/sq mi (790/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode BB10-12
Area code(s) 01282
ONS code 30UD (ONS)
E07000117 (GSS)
Ethnicity 90.1% White
8.2% S.Asian
0.9% Mixed Race
Website burnley.gov.uk

Coordinates: 53°47′13″N 2°14′42″W / 53.787°N 2.245°W / 53.787; -2.245

The Borough of Burnley (/ˈbɜːrnli/) is a local government district of Lancashire, England, with the status of a non-metropolitan district and borough. It has an area of 42.7 square miles (110.7 km2) and a population of 87,400 (mid-2015 est.), and is named after its largest town, Burnley. The borough is bounded by Hyndburn, Ribble Valley, Pendle, Rossendale – all in Lancashire – and the borough of Calderdale in West Yorkshire. It is governed by Burnley Borough Council, which has been controlled by the Liberal Democrats since 2008.

The current borders date from 1 April 1974, when the former county borough of Burnley merged with the urban district of Padiham and part of Burnley Rural District. In 2007 its proposal to merge with neighbouring Pendle Borough Council to form a larger unitary authority was rejected by the government.


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