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| − | [[File:English metropolitan counties 2009.svg|thumb|England showing the metropolitan counties]]There are six '''metropolitan counties''' in England: ([[Greater Manchester]], [[Merseyside]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[Tyne and Wear]], [[West Midlands]], and [[West Yorkshire]]. They cover the major English conurbations outside [[London]]. They came into existence under the Local Government Act 1972, and each originally had a county council and councils for each of the [[metropolitan borough]]s. The county councils were abolished, along with the [[Greater London Council]], in 1986, leaving the metropolitan boroughs effectively as unitary authorities. The county councils were not reintroduced when the [[Greater London Authority]] was created in 2000. | + | [[File:English metropolitan counties 2009.svg|thumb|England showing the metropolitan counties]]There are six '''metropolitan counties''' in England: ([[Greater Manchester]], [[Merseyside]], [[South Yorkshire]], [[Tyne and Wear]], [[West Midlands]], and [[West Yorkshire]]. They cover the major English conurbations outside [[London]]. They came into existence under the Local Government Act 1972, and each originally had a county council and councils for each of the [[metropolitan borough]]s. The county councils were abolished, along with the [[Greater London Council]], in 1986, leaving the metropolitan boroughs effectively as unitary authorities. The county councils were not reintroduced when the [[Greater London Authority]] was created in 2000, however they continue as [[ceremonial counties]]. |
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