Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie
The Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie is a term uised bi the Office for National Statistics (ONS) tae refer tae a conurbation in Wast Yorkshire, Ingland, based aroond the ceeties o Leeds, Bradford an Wakefield, an the lairge toun o Huddersfield.
Housomeivver, it excludes touns such as Castleford, Halifax, Pontefract an Wetherby which though pairt o the coonty o Wast Yorkshire are considered independently. There are substantial auries o agricultural land athin the designatit aurie - mair nor in ony ither offeecial urban aurie in Ingland - mony o the touns an ceeties are anerlie juist connectit wi ane anither bi narrae ootlyin strips o development.
| Wast Yorkshire Urban Aurie | |
|---|---|
 West Yorkshire Urban Area map | |
| Area | 370.02 km2 (142.87 sq mi) |
| Population | 1,499,465 |
| • Density | 4,052/km2 (10,490/sq mi) |
| OS grid reference | SE455215 |
| Metropolitan coonty | |
| Region |
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| Kintra | Ingland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Police | Wast Yorkshire |
| Fire | Wast Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Pairlament | Yorkshire an the Humber |
Urban Subdiveesions
The ONS gives the conurbation a population o 1,499,465 (2001 census), which maks it the fowert-maist populous in the UK. The ONS breaks the aurie doun intae the follaein sub-diveesions:
- Baildon
- Batley
- Bingley
- Bradford
- Brighouse
- Cleckheaton an Liversedge
- Dewsbury
- Guiseley/Yeadon
- Heckmondwike
- Holmfirth/Honley
- Horbury
- Horsforth
- Huddersfield
- Keighley
- Leeds
- Lofthouse/Stanley
- Menston
- Mirfield
- Morley
- Ossett
- Pudsey
- Queensbury
- Shelf
- Shipley
- Wakefield
References
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