Mirfield
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 41 ′ N , 1 ° 41 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 18,390 (as of April 29, 2001) | ||
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| Post town | MIRFIELD | ||
| ZIP code section | WF14 | ||
| prefix | 01924 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | West Yorkshire | ||
| District | Kirklees | ||
| British Parliament | Dewsbury (constituency) | ||
| Website: mirfieldtowncouncil.gov.uk | |||
Mirfield is a small town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees the English county of West Yorkshire . According to the 2001 census, it had a total of 18,621 inhabitants.
geography
Mirfield is located about 15 km south of Bradford and 20 km southwest of Leeds directly on the M1 and about 15 km south of Leeds . The city is on the A-road A644 to three kilometers away M62 connected.
The place is located southwest of Dewsbury in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees and includes, for example, the village of Hartshead, which is said to be the grave of Robin Hood .
Personalities
- Patrick Brontë (1777–1861), clergyman, father of writers
- Brian Robinson (born 1930), racing cyclist
- Patrick Stewart (* 1940), actor, producer, director and professor
Individual evidence
- ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Kirklees.Retrieved September 3, 2009
Web links
Commons : Mirfield - collection of images, videos and audio files
- The City website (English)