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== Administration ==

== Administration ==

[[File:Lancashire2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Administravie map of Lancashire and its surroundings (as of 2024), showing the difference between Lancashire and [[Lancashire County Council]].]]

[[File:Lancashire2.jpg|right|250px|thumb|Administravie map of Lancashire and its surroundings (as of 2024), showing the difference between Lancashire and [[Lancashire County Council]].]]

Local government in Lancashire is the responsibility of 21 different council areas, or 'administrative counties', which cover different areas of the historic county and, in some cases, parts of other counties too. A geographically large area of the county is served by [[Lancashire County Council]], although this serves the [[Forest of Bowland]] in [[Yorkshire]] as well and excludes more than half of the county's population. The council areas covering areas of Lancashire alone are [[Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]], [[Blackpool Council]], [[Bolton Council]], [[Bury Council]], [[Knowsley Council]], [[Liverpool City Council]], [[Rochdale Borough Council]], [[Sefton Council]], [[St Helens Council]] and [[Wigan Council]], all of which, bar Sefton Council, are named after and run from their largest settlement. Furness and the Cartmel peninsula in the county's far north are administered by [[Westmorland and Furness Council]], which also covers the county [[Westmorland]] and parts of [[Cumberland]] and Yorkshire. [[Calderdale Council]] mainly covers part of Yorkshire, but also a small area of eastern Lancashire. [[Oldham Council]] also covers parts of both Yorkshire and Lancashire. [[Manchester]], whose southern suburbs are part of Cheshire, are the responsibility of [[Manchester City Council]]; other council areas that cover parts of both Lancashire and Cheshire are [[Halton Borough Council]], [[Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council]], which includes a small part of north-west [[Derbyshire]], [[Trafford Council]], [[Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]], which additionally covers a small area of Yorkshire, and [[Warrington Borough Council]].

Local government in Lancashire is the responsibility of 21 different council areas, or 'administrative counties', which cover different areas of the historic county and, in some cases, parts of other counties too. A geographically large area of the county is served by [[Lancashire County Council]], although this serves the [[Forest of Bowland]] in [[Yorkshire]] as well and excludes more than half of the county's population. The council areas covering areas of Lancashire alone are [[Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council]], [[Blackpool Council]], [[Bolton Council]], [[Bury Council]], [[Knowsley Council]], [[Liverpool City Council]], [[Rochdale Borough Council]], [[Sefton Council]], [[St Helens Council]] and [[Wigan Council]], all of which, bar Sefton Council, are named after and run from their largest settlement. Furness and the Cartmel peninsula in the county's far north are administered by [[Westmorland and Furness Council]], which also covers the county [[Westmorland]] and parts of [[Cumberland]] and Yorkshire. [[Calderdale Council]] mainly covers part of Yorkshire, but also a small area of eastern Lancashire. [[Oldham Council]] also covers parts of both Yorkshire and Lancashire. [[Manchester]], whose southern suburbs are part of Cheshire, are the responsibility of [[Manchester City Council]]; other council areas that cover parts of both Lancashire and Cheshire are [[Halton Borough Council]], [[Salford City Council]], [[Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council]], which includes a small part of north-west [[Derbyshire]], [[Trafford Council]], [[Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council]], which additionally covers a small area of Yorkshire, and [[Warrington Borough Council]].

== Geography ==

== Geography ==