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Local authority

Wakefield Metropolitan District Council

About this entity

Fact links
CURIE local-authority:WKF no fact link
Prefix local-authority Facts about Prefix
Reference WKF Facts about Reference
Name Wakefield Metropolitan District Council Facts about Name
Quality Some: We have some data from an alternative source no fact link
Dataset Local authority no fact link
Organisation Wakefield Metropolitan District Council no fact link
Start date 1974-04-01 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 2025-02-19 Facts about Entry date
Typology organisation no fact link
Region E12000003 Facts about Region
Website https://www.wakefield.gov.uk Facts about Website
Wikidata Q7961061 Facts about Wikidata
Wikipedia Wakefield_Council Facts about Wikipedia
Billing authority E4705 Facts about Billing authority
Combined authority WYCA Facts about Combined authority
Local authority type MD Facts about Local authority type
Parliament thesaurus 85898 Facts about Parliament thesaurus
Addressbase custodian 4725 Facts about Addressbase custodian
Statistical geography E08000036 Facts about Statistical geography
Local resilience forum west-yorkshire Facts about Local resilience forum
Open Data Communities URI http://opendatacommunities.org/id/metropolitan-district-council/wakefield Facts about Open Data Communities URI
Local Authority District E08000036 Facts about Local Authority District
Local planning authority E60000072 Facts about Local planning authority

Contents 

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        "entry-date": "2025-02-19",
        "start-date": "1974-04-01",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 370,
        "name": "Wakefield Metropolitan District Council",
        "dataset": "local-authority",
        "typology": "organisation",
        "reference": "WKF",
        "prefix": "local-authority",
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        "geometry": "",
        "point": "",
        "quality": "some",
        "region": "E12000003",
        "website": "https://www.wakefield.gov.uk",
        "wikidata": "Q7961061",
        "wikipedia": "Wakefield_Council",
        "billing-authority": "E4705",
        "combined-authority": "WYCA",
        "local-authority-type": "MD",
        "parliament-thesaurus": "85898",
        "addressbase-custodian": "4725",
        "statistical-geography": "E08000036",
        "local-resilience-forum": "west-yorkshire",
        "opendatacommunities-uri": "http://opendatacommunities.org/id/metropolitan-district-council/wakefield",
        "local-authority-district": "E08000036",
        "local-planning-authority": "E60000072"
    }

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