Barrow-in-Furness (borough)

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Borough of Barrow-in-Furness
Shown within Cumbria
Geography
Status:	Borough
Region:	North West England
Admin. County:	Cumbria
Traditional County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 272nd 77.87 km²
Admin. HQ:	Barrow-in-Furness
ONS code:	16UC
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 314th 70,100 900 / km²
Ethnicity:	99.2% White
Politics
Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Alternative - Sec.31
Control:	Labour / Conservative / Independent
MP:	John Hutton

Barrow-in-Furness is a local government district and borough in Cumbria, England. It is named after its main town, Barrow-in-Furness. Other settlements include Dalton-in-Furness, Roose and Askam-in-Furness.

The area covered by the district is at the edge of the Furness peninsula. It jolts into the Irish Sea, being north of Morecambe Bay and south of the Duddon Estuary. This area was historically part of Lancashire.

The current borough was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the former county borough of Barrow-in-Furness and the Dalton-in-Furness urban district.

In 2006, its council was fined £ 125 000 for violation of health and safety laws that lead to the deaths of seven people in the UK's worse ever outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease. The council also became the UK's first public body to be charged with corporate manslaughter, but was found not guilty.

[edit] Areas/ Wards of Barrow Borough Council

Barrow-in-Furness total population 71,980

Barrow Island Ward 2,606

Central Ward 5,585

Dalton North Ward 6,599

Dalton South Ward 6,200

Hawcoat Ward 5,308

Hindpool Ward 5,515

Newbarns Ward 5,913

Ormsgill Ward 5,961

Parkside Ward 5,742

Risedale Ward 5,663

Roosecote Ward 5,501

Walney North Ward 5,604

Walney South Ward 5,784

The crest of Barrow in Furness features a bee and an arrow and is an example of a "punning" coat-of-arms.

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