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Metropolitan county of northeast England, created in 1974; in 1986, most of the functions of the former county council were transferred to the metropolitan borough councils.

Area
2,040 sq km/787 sq mi

Towns and cities
Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield (administrative centres for districts of the same name), Halifax (administrative centre of Calderdale district), Huddersfield (administrative centre of Kirklees district)

Physical
Ilkley Moor, Haworth Moor; high Pennine moorlands in the west, Vale of York to the east; rivers Aire, Calder, Colne, Wharfe

Features
Haworth Parsonage; part of the Peak District National Park; British Library, Boston Spa Document Supply Centre (part of the British Library)

Industries
woollen textiles, financial services; coal mining is in decline

Population
(2001) 2,079,300

Famous people
the Brontës, David Hockney, Henry Moore, J B Priestley

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