This article is about the current districts outside London. For the former districts in London, see Metropolitan boroughs of the County of London. For the Republic of Ireland's metropolitan districts, see Metropolitan district (Ireland).
Metropolitan district
Also known as:
Metropolitan borough
Category
Local authority districts
Location
England
Found in
Metropolitan county
Created by
Local Government Act 1972
Created
1 April 1974
Number
36 (as of 2008)
Possible status
City
Additional status
Borough
Populations
0.1 - 1.1 million
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan counties. All of the metropolitan districts have been granted or regranted royal charters giving them borough status (and in some cases, they also have city status).[1] Metropolitan boroughs have been effectively unitary authority areas since the abolition of metropolitan county councils by the Local Government Act 1985.[2] Metropolitan boroughs pool much of their authority in joint boards and other arrangements that cover whole metropolitan counties, such as Local enterprise partnerships and Combined authorities and combined county authorities, with most of the latter having a directly elected metropolitan mayor.
^Local Government Act 1972, Schedule I, Part I, Metropolitan Counties and Metropolitan Districts
^Local Government Act 1985 c.51
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