Ossett
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 41 ′ N , 1 ° 35 ′ W | ||
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| Residents | 21,076 (as of 2001) | ||
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| Post town | OSSETT | ||
| ZIP code section | WF5 | ||
| prefix | 01924 | ||
| Part of the country | England | ||
| region | Yorkshire and the Humber | ||
| Shire county | West Yorkshire | ||
| District | City of Wakefield | ||
| British Parliament | Normanton | ||
Ossett is a middle town in the Metropolitan Borough City of Wakefield in the English county of West Yorkshire . According to the 2001 census, it had a total of 21,076 inhabitants.
geography
Ossett is located between Dewsbury and Wakefield , just off the M1 and about 15 km south of Leeds .
economy
Until the 1960s, coal mining was the main industry for the male population of Ossett. The second important branch of industry was the textile industry .
Personalities
- Cyril V. Jackson (1903–1988), South African astronomer and discoverer of 72 asteroids and 3 comets
- David Peace (* 1967), author
Individual evidence
- ↑ Census 2001 Key Statistics. (XLS, 934 KB) Urban areas in England and Wales KS01 Usual resident population. In: Reference table. Office for National Statistics (ONS), June 17, 2004, accessed October 3, 2013 .
Web links
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