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Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Kirklees
Metropolitan borough
Coat of arms of Kirklees
Coat of arms
Official logo of Kirklees
Emblem of Kirklees Council
Kirklees shown within West Yorkshire
Kirklees shown within West Yorkshire
Sovereign state  United Kingdom
Constituent country  England
Region Yorkshire and the Humber
City region Leeds
Ceremonial county  West Yorkshire
Established 1 April 1974
Administrative HQ Huddersfield
Government
 • Type Metropolitan borough
 • Body Kirklees Council
 • Leadership Leader and cabinet
 • Leader David Sheard (Labour)
 • Mayor Jim Dodds BEM
 • Chief Executive: Adrian Lythgo
 • Executive: Labour (council NOC)
Area
 • Total 157.8 sq mi (408.6 km2)
Area rank 100th
Population (mid-2015 est.)
 • Total 434,300
 • Rank 11th
 • Density 2,750/sq mi (1,063/km2)
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Postcode areas BD (11, 12, 19)
HD (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9)
WF (4, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
Dialling codes 01484 (Huddersfield)
01924 (Wakefield)
ISO 3166 code GB-KIR
Vehicle registration prefix Y
GSS code E08000034
NUTS 3 code UKE44
ONS code 00CZ
Motorways M62
M606
Major railway stations Huddersfield (B)
Ethnicity 79.1% White
15% S. Asian
1.9% Black
2.3% Mixed
Other 1.7%
Councillors 69
MPs Tracy Brabin (L)
Jason McCartney (C)
Paula Sherriff (L)
Barry Sheerman (L)
European Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
Police area West Yorkshire
Fire service West Yorkshire
Ambulance service Yorkshire
Website kirklees.gov.uk

Coordinates: 53°35′35″N 1°48′04″W / 53.593°N 1.801°W / 53.593; -1.801

The Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 422,500 in 2011 and includes the settlements of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Denby Dale, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Kirkburton, Marsden, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. Huddersfield is the largest settlement of the district, and its centre of administration.

The borough was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, by a merger of the county boroughs of Dewsbury and Huddersfield along with the municipal boroughs of Batley and Spenborough and the urban districts of Colne Valley, Denby Dale, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Meltham and Mirfield.


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