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Dudley

Town in West Midlands, England

Country: United Kingdom
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1.Stated in archINFORMRetrieved 2018-11-05
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Located in: Dudley(since 1974)
Population: 79,379(2011)
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1.lovemytown.co.uk/Populations/TownsTable1.asp
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Postal code: DY1
, DY2
Website: dudley.gov.uk

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Dudley is a market town in the West Midlands, England, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Wolverhampton and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Birmingham. Historically part of Worcestershire, the town is the administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley. In the 2011 census, it had a population of 79,379. The wider Metropolitan Borough had a population of 312,900. In 2014, the borough council adopted a slogan describing Dudley as the capital of the Black Country, a title by which it had long been informally known.

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Twinned administrative body: Bremen
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1.landesportal.bremen.de/bund-europa-international/die-hansestadt-international
2.rathaus.bremen.de/linkliste_referat_32-6286#Partnerstädte
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Local dialing code: 01384
OS grid reference: SO9490
Capital of: Dudley
Native label: Dudley
Official name: Dudley
Historic county: Staffordshire catalog: Historic Counties Standard Definition A
Worcestershire catalog: Historic Counties Standard Definition B
Different from: Dudley

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52.5167, -2.1000OpenStreetMap ↗

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