Ossett
Ossett | ||
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town hall | ||
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
Commons : Ossett - collection of images, videos and audio files