City of Salford

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This article is about the metropolitan borough of Salford. For the actual settlement, see Salford.

City of Salford

Geography
Status:	Metropolitan borough, City (1926)
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Historic County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 248th 97.19 km²
Admin. HQ:	Swinton
ONS code:	00BR
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 58th 216,400 2,227 / km²
Ethnicity:	96.1% White 1.4% S.Asian
Politics
Salford City Council http://www.salford.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Labour
MPs:	Hazel Blears, Ian Stewart

Salford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. The largest settlement in the metropolitan borough is Salford, from which it inherited City status. Other settlements include Swinton (where the city council is located), Eccles, Pendlebury, Broughton, Kersal, Pendleton, Worsley, Walkden, Irlam, Cadishead, Claremont, Wardley, Monton, Barton and Boothstown.

The borough is bounded to the north by Bury and Bolton, to the south by Trafford, to the west by Wigan and Warrington and to the east by Manchester.

Salford skyline

The Local Government Act 1972 created the metropolitan borough on April 1, 1974, based on the former County Borough of Salford (including Pendleton, Langworthy, Broughton, Weaste, Ordsall and Seedley), the Municipal Borough of Eccles (including Monton, Winton and Barton-upon-Irwell), the Municipal Borough of Swinton and Pendlebury, the Irlam Urban District and the Worsley Urban District (including Walkden).

The metropolitan borough is divided into five formal districts: Salford, Eccles, Worsley, Irlam & Cadishead, and Swinton & Pendlebury, based on the areas of the predecessor districts. The borough is entirely unparished.

Metropolitan County of Greater Manchester

Districts of North West England
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
Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside