Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead
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| Borough of Gateshead | |
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| Image:EnglandGateshead.png | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan borough |
| Region: | North East England |
| Ceremonial County: | Tyne and Wear |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 214th 142.35 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Gateshead |
| Grid reference: | Template:Mmukscaled |
| ONS code: | 00CH |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked 72nd 191,300 1,344 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.4% White |
| Politics | |
| Image:Gatesheadarms.PNG Gateshead Council http://www.gateshead.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | David Anderson, David Clelland, Sharon Hodgson |
Gateshead is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in north-east England. It is named for its main town, Gateshead. Other settlements include Rowlands Gill, Felling, Whickham, Blaydon, Ryton, Pelaw, Dunston and Low Fell.
The district has some 190,000 inhabitants, and was historically part of County Durham. The county borough of Gateshead was combined along with the urban districts of Felling, Blaydon, Ryton and part of Chester-le-Street Rural District into the new Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead in 1974. In 1986 the County Council of Tyne and Wear was abolished, and so Gateshead Council became a unitary authority.
There are currently two civil parishes in Gateshead - Birtley and Lamesley. Birtley Town Council and parish are due to be abolished on April 1, 2006. [1]
Gateshead is home to Team Valley.
| Districts of North East England | Image:Flag of England.svg |
| Alnwick - Berwick-upon-Tweed - Blyth Valley - Castle Morpeth - Chester-le-Street - Darlington - Derwentside - Durham - Easington - Gateshead - Hartlepool - Middlesbrough - Newcastle upon Tyne - North Tyneside - Redcar and Cleveland - Sedgefield - South Tyneside - Stockton-on-Tees - Sunderland - Teesdale - Tynedale - Wansbeck - Wear Valley
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| Counties with multiple districts: County Durham - Northumberland - Tyne and Wear |
