Metropolitan Borough of Bury
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| Metropolitan Borough of Bury | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Admin. County: | Greater Manchester |
| Area: Total: |
Ranked 244th 99.48 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Bury |
| ONS code: | 00BM |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2005 est.): Density: |
Ranked 81st 182,900 1839 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 93.9% White 4.0% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.bury.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Conservative (council NOC) |
| MPs: | David Chaytor (L) Ivan Lewis (L) |
The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is one of the ten Metropolitan boroughs in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester.
It was set up in 1974 from the county borough of Bury and the boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, along with the urban districts of Tottington and Whitefield, and part of the urban district of Ramsbottom.
The metropolitan borough, has an area of 38.3 sq mi (99.2 km²).
[change] Twin towns
France Angoulême- France Tulle, Correze Department. Originally twinned with Prestwich.
Germany 
Baden-Württemberg, Schorndorf, a medieval market town to the east of Stuttgart.
USA Woodbury, New Jersey.
China Datong.
