Metropolitan borough of Barnsley
| Borough of Barnsley | ||
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| Metropolitan Borough | ||
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 Barnsley Metropolitan Borough shown within South Yorkshire |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom | |
| Constituent country | England | |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber | |
| Ceremonial county | South Yorkshire | |
| Admin. HQ | Barnsley | |
| Government | ||
| • Type | Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council | |
| • Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet | |
| • Executive: | Labour | |
| • MPs: |
Michael Dugher(Lab), John Healey(Lab), Dan Jarvis (Lab), Angela Smith (Lab) |
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| Area | ||
| • Total | 127.1 sq mi (329.1 km2) | |
| Area rank | 133rd | |
| Population (mid-2015 est.) | ||
| • Total | 239,300 | |
| • Rank | Ranked 69th | |
| • Density | 1,900/sq mi (730/km2) | |
| Time zone | Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0) | |
| • Summer (DST) | British Summer Time (UTC+1) | |
| ONS code | 00CC (ONS) E08000016 (GSS) |
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| Ethnicity | 97.9% White | |
| Website | barnsley.gov.uk | |
The Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley is a metropolitan borough of South Yorkshire, England; its main town is Barnsley.
The borough is bisected by the M1 motorway; it is rural to the west, and largely urban/industrial to the east. 68% of Barnsley's 32,863 hectares is green belt and 9% is National Park land, the majority of which is West of the M1. In 2007 it was estimated that Barnsley had 224,600 residents, measured at the 2011 census as 231,221. nine tenths of whom live east of the M1.
The borough was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, by a merger of the county borough of Barnsley with Cudworth, Darfield, Darton, Dearne, Dodworth, Hoyland Nether, Penistone, Royston, Wombwell and Worsborough urban districts, along with Penistone Rural District, part of Hemsworth Rural District and part of Wortley Rural District, all in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
The borough now forms part of both the Sheffield City Region and the Leeds City Region.
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