Trafford

Metropolitan Borough of Trafford
Metropolitan Borough of Trafford
Borough
	Trafford Town Hall, in Stretford
	Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
	Motto: "Hold Fast That Which Is Good"
	Trafford shown within England
	Coordinates: 53°26′46″N 2°18′29″W / 53.44611°N 2.30806°W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Greater Manchester
Admin HQ	Stretford
Founded	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Metropolitan borough
• Governing body	Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
• Mayor	Cllr. Stephen Adshead
• MPs:	Graham Brady (C); Paul Goggins (L); Beverley Hughes (L)
Area
• Total	40.94 sq mi (106.04 km2)
Elevation	100 ft (30 m)
Population (2005 est.)
• Total	213,200 (Ranked 62nd)
• Density	5,170/sq mi (1,997/km2)
• Ethnicity ; (2005 Estimate)	89.7% White; 5.1% S. Asian; 2.3% Black; 1.8% Mixed; 1.1% Chinese and other
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	M
Area code	0161
ISO 3166-2	GB-TRF
ONS code	00BU
NUTS 3	UKD31
Website	www.trafford.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Trafford is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is home to 211,800 people,^[2] covers 41 square miles,^[3] and includes the towns of Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford, and Urmston. Until 1974 the area was part of Cheshire.

References

↑ "Trafford Metropolitan Borough resident population estimates by ethnic group (percentages) 2005 estimate". Statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2009-03-16. Retrieved 2008-11-28. Retrieved on 24 March 2008.
↑ "Population estimates 2006 by district". Statistics.gov.uk. 21 August 2007. Retrieved on 17 December 2007.
↑ "Trafford Metropolitan Borough population density". Statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2012-07-14. Retrieved 2008-11-28. Retrieved on 13 December 2007.

www.trafford.gov.uk, Trafford Council.
www.trafford.nhs.uk Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine, Trafford NHS website.

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