Blackburn

Blackburn
Blackburn
	; View sooth–sootheast athort central Blackburn
	Blackburn Location within Lancashire
Population	105,085
• Density	11,114/sq mi (4,291/km2)
OS grid reference	SD685277
• Lunnon	184 mi (296 km) SSE
Unitar authority	Blackburn with Darwen;
Ceremonial coonty	Lancashire;
Region	North Wast;
Kintra	Ingland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	BLACKBURN
Postcode destrict	BB1 – BB2
Diallin code	01254
Police	Lancashire
Fire	Lancashire
Ambulance	North Wast
EU Pairlament	North Wast Ingland
UK Pairlament	Blackburn;
	Leet o places UK Ingland Lancashire 53°44′42″N 2°28′37″W / 53.7449°N 2.4769°WCoordinates: 53°44′42″N 2°28′37″W / 53.7449°N 2.4769°W

Blackburn (pronounced /ˈblækbɜrn/) (help·info)) is a lairge toun in Lancashire, Ingland. It lees tae the north o the Wast Pennine Muirs on the soothren edge o the Ribble Valley, 9 mile (14 km) east o the ceety o Preston, 27 mile (43 km) north-northwast o the ceety o Manchester,^[2] an 13 mile (21 km) north o the border wi Greater Manchester. Blackburn is bundit tae the sooth bi Darwen, wi whilk it forms the unitary authority aurie o Blackburn wi Darwen, Blackburn bein the admeenistrative centre. At the time o the UK Govrenment's 2001 census, Blackburn haed a population o 105,085,^[1] whilst the wider burgh o Blackburn wi Darwen haed a population o 140,700.^[3]

Twin touns

Blackburn with Darwen Council Archived 2012-02-08 at the Wayback Machine, the wabsteid o Blackburn wi Darwen Borough Cooncil.
www.cottontown.org, a wabsteid documentin the history o Blackburn wi Darwen as influencit bi the development o the cotton tred.
Lancashire Telegraph, the daily wittins blad based in Blackburn.

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