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The Red Rose of Lancaster is the county flower of Lancashire, and a common symbol for the county.

Lancashire (/ˈlæŋkəʃər/ LAN-kə-shər, /-ʃɪər/ -⁠sheer; abbreviated Lancs.) is a ceremonial county in North West England. The non-metropolitan county of Lancashire was created by the Local Government Act 1972. It is administered by Lancashire County Council, based in Preston. The ceremonial county borders Cumbria to the north, Greater Manchester and Merseyside to the south, North and West Yorkshire to the east, and the Irish Sea to the west.

The ceremonial county has the same boundaries although Blackpool and Blackburn with Darwen are unitary authorities making them seperate from the county council. Lancaster is the county town and Preston is the administrative centre of the county. The original county was larger than the current county boundaries, with most of it transferred to Cheshire (Warrington and Widnes), Cumbria (Cartmel and Furness), Greater Manchester (Manchester, Salford, Bolton etc.), Merseyside (Liverpool, St Helens, Bootle, Huyton, Southport etc) and West Yorkshire (Todmorden). While it gained parts of the West Riding of Yorkshire (Barnoldswick and Earby). (Full article...)

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From top left: Blackburn Town Hall and its extension, Blackburn Cathedral, St Silas' Church, Blackburn railway station and Skyline of Blackburn with St Silas' Church and the Masjid e Tauheedul Islam Mosque

Blackburn (/ˈblækbərn/ (listen)) is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, 8 mi (13 km) east of Preston and 21 mi (34 km) north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is the core centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is one of the largest districts in Lancashire, with commuter links to neighbouring cities of Manchester, Salford, Preston, Lancaster, Liverpool, Bradford and Leeds.

At the 2011 census, Blackburn had a population of 117,963, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of 150,030. Blackburn had a population of 117,963 in 2011, with 30.8% being people of ethnic backgrounds other than white British. (Full article...)
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The 25 largest towns & cities of Lancashire, district centres in yellow.

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