South Yorkshire | |
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Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Constituent country | England |
Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
Origin | 1 April 1974[1] (Local Government Act 1972) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time) |
Ceremonial county | |
Area | [convert: needs a number] |
• Ranked | of 48 |
• Ranked | of 48 |
Density | [convert: needs a number] |
Ethnicity | 95.0% White 2.6% S.Asian 2.4% Black |
South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, in the north. The county was created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972[2] and in 2001 covered an area of 155,205 hectares.[3]
South Yorkshire is divided into four local government districts; they are the City of Sheffield, the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham.[4] The county borders Derbyshire, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire.
The main settlements of South Yorkshire developed around the industries of mining and steel manufacturing. The main mining industry was coal which was concentrated to the north and east of the county. There were also iron mines in the area. The rivers running off the Pennines to the west of the county supported the steel industry that is concentrated in the city of Sheffield.
South Yorkshire was created as a metropolitan county in 1974, by the Local Government Act 1972, from the southern part of the West Riding of Yorkshire and the former county boroughs of Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield.
South Yorkshire is one of the least prosperous areas in Western Europe.
Year | Regional Gross Value Added[5] | Agriculture[6] | Industry[7] | Services[8] |
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1995 | 10,453 | 67 | 3,690 | 6,696 |
2000 | 13,187 | 53 | 4,181 | 8,954 |
2003 | 15,799 | 57 | 4,772 | 10,971 |
The principal settlements of South Yorkshire are:
South Yorkshire is made up of three main urban areas. Dearne Valley is made up of Barnsley and a number of villages and towns. The Sheffield urban area is made up of Sheffield and Rotherham and the Doncaster urban area is Doncaster and surrounding areas.
Area | Metropolitan borough | Population |
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Barnsley | Barnsley | 71,599 |
Conisbrough | Doncaster | 15,361 |
Cudworth | Barnsley | 11,644 |
Darfield | Barnsley | 8,066 |
Darton | Barnsley | 14,927 |
Dodworth | Barnsley | 5,742 |
Hoyland Nether | Barnsley | 15,497 |
Mexborough | Doncaster | 14,750 |
Royston | Barnsley | 9,375 |
Swinton, South Yorkshire | Rotherham | 14,643 |
Wath upon Dearne | Rotherham | 16,787 |
Wombwell | Barnsley | 15,180 |
Worsbrough | Barnsley | 9,516 |
Total population | 207,726 |
[bolton on Dearne] |barnsley |
Area | Metropolitan borough | Population |
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Armthorpe | Doncaster | 12,630 |
Bentley | Doncaster | 33,968 |
Doncaster | Doncaster | 67,977 |
Kirk Sandall | Doncaster | 13,276 |
Total population | 127,851 |
Area | Metropolitan borough | Population |
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Aughton | Rotherham | 13,456 |
Beighton | Sheffield | 10,676 |
Chapeltown | Sheffield | 22,665 |
Mosborough/Highlane | Sheffield | 18,585 |
Rawmarsh | Rotherham | 18,210 |
Rotherham | Rotherham | 117,262 |
Sheffield | Sheffield | 439,866 |
Total population | 640,720 |
Area | Metropolitan borough | Population |
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Adwick le Street | Doncaster | 16,142 |
Anston/Dinnington | Rotherham | 19,086 |
Askern | Doncaster | 5,434 |
Bawt | Doncaster | 3,775 |
Birdwell | Barnsley | 2,989 |
Conisbrough | Doncaster | 15,361 |
Dinnington | Rotherham | 1,572 |
Finningley | Doncaster | 4,048 |
Great Houghton | Barnsley | 2,216 |
Grimethorpe | Barnsley | 1,873 |
Harthill | Rotherham | 1,728 |
Hatfield/Stainforth | Doncaster | 20,232 (13,890/6,342) |
Maltby | Rotherham | 11,966 |
Rossington | Doncaster | 13,255 |
Norton | Doncaster | 2,111 |
Oughtibridge/Wharncliffe Side | Sheffield | 4,602 (3,227/1,375) |
Scholes | Rotherham | 2,403 |
Stocksbridge | Sheffield | 13,316 |
Thorne/Moorends | Doncaster | 16,338 |
Thorpe Hesley | Rotherham | 4,609 |
Tickhill | Doncaster | 5,112 |
Todwick | Rotherham | 1,637 |
Treeton | Rotherham | 2,514 |
Thurcroft | Rotherham | 4,702 |
Thurnscoe | Barnsley | 9,122 |
Wales | Rotherham | 5,826 |
Woodsetts | Rotherham | 1,802 |
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Heritage railway | |
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