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Halifax

Minster town in West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Citytown unparished area market townQ826561

Also known as Halifax, West Yorkshire · Halifax, United Kingdom · Halifax, Yorkshire

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Calderdale
Population: 104,100(2021)
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1.Stated in 2021 United Kingdom censusons.gov.uk/visualisations/customprofiles/build/#E14000723
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, 88,134(2011)
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1.citypopulation.de/UK-Cities.html
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Area: 20.73 km²

Overview

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Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woollen manufacture with the large Piece Hall square later built for trading wool in the town centre. The town was a thriving mill town during the Industrial Revolution with the Dean Clough Mill buildings a surviving landmark. In the 2021 census, the town was recorded as having a population of 88,134. It is also the administrative centre of the Calderdale Metropolitan Borough.

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OS grid reference: SE090254
Local dialing code: 01422
Capital of: Calderdale
Historic county: Yorkshire location: West Riding of Yorkshire
Different from: Halifax criterion used: two locations with the same name

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47 identifiers linking Halifax across the web's reference databases

53.7250, -1.8630OpenStreetMap ↗

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