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Tameside

Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in England

Country: United Kingdom
Located in: Greater Manchester
Population: 232,753(2022)
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1.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/estimatesofthepopulationforenglandandwales
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, 227,117(2020)
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1.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernirelandRetrieved 2022-02-06
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, 225,197(2018)
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1.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimates/datasets/populationestimatesforukenglandandwalesscotlandandnorthernireland
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Area: 103.1543 km²(2016)
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1.ons.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a79de233ad254a6d9f76298e666abb2b
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Elevation: 151 m
Founded: April 1, 1974
Website: tameside.gov.uk

Overview

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia · Read full article · Text CC BY-SA 4.0

Tameside is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, named after the River Tame, which flows through it. It includes the towns of Ashton-under-Lyne, Audenshaw, Denton, Droylsden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley and Stalybridge. Tameside is bordered by the metropolitan boroughs of Stockport to the south, Oldham to the north and northeast, Manchester to the west, and to the east by the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire. As of 2025, the population of Tameside was 240,822, making it the 8th-most populous borough of Greater Manchester.

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Capital: Ashton-under-Lyne
Geoshape: Data:Tameside.map
Legislative body: council of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Executive body: executive of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Authority: Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Shares border with: Manchester
Oldham
Stockport
High Peak
Office held by the head of government: leader of Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council

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53.4900, -2.0942OpenStreetMap ↗

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