Calderdale

Borough of Calderdale
Borough of Calderdale
Metropolitan borough
	View over Mytholmroyd in the Upper Calder Valley
	Coat of arms of Calderdale Borough Council
	Motto(s): Industria Arte Prudentia; (Latin: Industry, skill and foresight)
	Calderdale shown within West Yorkshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Metropolitan county	West Yorkshire
Admin. HQ	Halifax
Established	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Metropolitan Borough
• Body	Calderdale Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet
• MPs	Josh Fenton-Glynn (L) (Calder Valley), ; Kate Dearden (L) ; (Halifax)
Area
• Total	363.9 km2 (140.5 sq mi)
Population (2020 estimate)
• Total	211,439 (Ranked 96th)
• Density	581/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 86.1% White ; 10.5% Asian ; 1.9% Mixed ; 0.8% other ; 0.7% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 42% no religion ; 41.5% Christianity ; 9.5% Islam ; 5.4% not stated ; 0.6% Hinduism ; 0.5% other ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.2% Sikhism ; 0.1% Judaism ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
Postcode areas	HD2–HD6, HX1–HX7, OL14, WF14, BD13–BD19
Dialling Codes	01422 (central core) ; 01484 (Brighouse/Rastrick) ; 01706 (Todmorden area) ; 01274 (Shelf area)
ONS code	00CY (ONS); E08000033 (GSS)
ISO 3166-2	GB-CLD
Website	www.calderdale.gov.uk

Calderdale is a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England, which had a population of 211,439.^[2] It takes its name from the River Calder, and dale, a word for valley. The name Calderdale usually refers to the borough through which the upper river flows, while the actual landform is known as the Calder Valley. Several small valleys contain tributaries of the River Calder. The main towns of the borough are Brighouse, Elland, Halifax, Hebden Bridge, Sowerby Bridge and Todmorden.

Calderdale covers part of the South Pennines, and the Calder Valley is the southernmost of the Yorkshire Dales, though it is not part of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The borough was formed in 1974 by the merger of nine local government districts.

Halifax is the commercial, cultural and administrative centre of the borough. Calderdale is served by Calderdale Council, which is headquartered in Halifax, with some functions based in Todmorden.

^ ^a ^b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Calderdale Local Authority (E08000033)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^ "Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

[2021_Nomis-1] UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Calderdale Local Authority (E08000033)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.

[2] "Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 April 2022.

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