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Metropolitan Borough of Bury
Metropolitan borough
Coat of Arms of the Borough Council
Coordinates: 52°35′34″N 2°17′53″W / 52.5928°N 2.2981°W / 52.5928; -2.2981
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	North West England
Ceremonial county	Greater Manchester
Admin. HQ	Bury
Government
• Type	Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
• Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
• Executive:	Conservative (council NOC)
• MPs:	David Nuttall (C) Ivan Lewis (L)
Area
• Total	38.41 sq mi (99.48 km2)
• Rank	Ranked 244th
Population  (2005 est.)
• Total	183,500
• Rank	Ranked 81st
• Density	4,800/sq mi (1,800/km2)
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
ONS code	00BM
Ethnicity	92.1% White 5.4%% S. Asian or mixed 1.6% Black or mixed 0.8% Chinese or other[1]
Website	www.bury.gov.uk

The Metropolitan Borough of Bury is one of the ten Metropolitan boroughs in the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England.

It was set up in 1974 from the county borough of Bury and the boroughs of Prestwich and Radcliffe, along with the urban districts of Tottington and Whitefield, and part of the urban district of Ramsbottom.

The metropolitan borough, has an area of 38.3 sq mi (99.2 km²).

•  France Angoulême
•  France Tulle, Correze Department. Originally twinned with Prestwich.
•  Germany Baden-Württemberg, Schorndorf, a medieval market town to the east of Stuttgart.
•  USA Woodbury, New Jersey.
•  China Datong.

• Bury MBC website