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Greater Manchester

metropolitan county in North West England

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Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county in North West England that encompasses several major cities and towns in the region. It is significant as an important economic and cultural center in the North of England, with a substantial population and history as an industrial hub.

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Vinony's link graph records 5,861 inbound references to Greater Manchester, and connects out to ceremonial county of England, Manchester and University of Manchester.

The entry is geolocated on the map in ENG.

It is catalogued under topics including Counties of England established in 1974, Greater Manchester and Metropolitan counties.

Vinony links it to 81 Wikipedia language editions.

Wikidata facts

Instance of: metropolitan county
Country: United Kingdom
Located in: North West England
Contains: Salford
Population: 2911744
Area: 1275.9821
Head of government: Andy Burnham
Shares border with: West Yorkshire
Image: Manchester from the air (geograph 6532147).jpg

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category of associated people: Category:People from Greater Manchester
category for people born here: Category:Births in Greater Manchester
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Greater Manchester
twinned administrative body: Peine
category for films shot at this location: Category:Films shot in Greater Manchester
Commons category: Greater Manchester
topic's main category: Category:Greater Manchester
inception: 1974-04-01
Commons gallery: Greater Manchester
authority: Greater Manchester Combined Authority
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Encyclopedic overview

Greater Manchester is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in North West England. It borders Lancashire to the north, West Yorkshire and Derbyshire to the east, Cheshire to the south, and Merseyside to the west. Its largest settlement is the city of Manchester.

The county has an area of 1,276 km (493 sq mi) and is highly urbanised, with an estimated population of 3,009,664 in 2024. Manchester is in the centre of the county, with the city of Salford immediately adjacent to the west. Other large settlements include Rochdale in the north-east, Stockport in the south-east, Sale in the south-west, Wigan in the far north-west, and Bolton in the north-west. The majority of the county's settlements are part of the Greater Manchester Built-up Area, which extends into Cheshire and Merseyside and is the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom. For local government purposes the county comprises ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford and Wigan. The borough councils collaborate through the Greater Manchester Combined Authority. Greater Manchester was created on 1 April 1974 from parts of north-east Cheshire, south-east Lancashire, and a small part of the West Riding of Yorkshire.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greater Manchester” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.