Kirklees
Sign in to saveKirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in Yorkshire by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kirklees
- Settlement.type
- Metropolitan borough
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Logo of Kirklees Council
- Settlement.blank_emblem_size
- 190px
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council.png
- Settlement.image_map
- Kirklees UK locator map.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Kirklees shown within West Yorkshire
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Sovereign state
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Constituent country
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- City region
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Leeds
- Settlement.subdivision_type4
- Ceremonial county
- Settlement.subdivision_name4
- West Yorkshire
- Settlement.seat_type
- Administrative HQ
- Settlement.seat
- Huddersfield
- Settlement.government_type
- Metropolitan borough
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Kirklees is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. The borough comprises the ten towns of Batley, Birstall, Cleckheaton, Dewsbury, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Huddersfield, Meltham, Mirfield and Slaithwaite. It is governed by Kirklees Council. Kirklees had a population of 422,500 in 2011; it is the third-largest metropolitan district in Yorkshire by area, behind Doncaster and Leeds.
==History== The borough was formed on 1 April 1974 by the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972 as part of a reform of local government in England. Eleven former local government districts were merged: the county boroughs of Huddersfield and Dewsbury, the municipal boroughs of Batley and Spenborough and the urban districts of Colne Valley, Denby Dale, Heckmondwike, Holmfirth, Kirkburton, Meltham and Mirfield.