Blackburn

Blackburn () is a lairge toun in Lancashire, Ingland. It lees tae the north o the Wast Pennine Muirs on the soothren edge o the Ribble Valley,  east o the ceety o Preston,  north-northwast o the ceety o Manchester, an  north o the border wi Greater Manchester.  Blackburn is bundit tae the sooth bi Darwen, wi whilk it forms the unitary authority aurie o Blackburn wi Darwen, Blackburn bein the admeenistrative centre. At the time o the UK Govrenment's 2001 census, Blackburn haed a population o 105,085, whilst the wider burgh o Blackburn wi Darwen haed a population o 140,700.Census 2001: Blackburn with Darwen Local Authority, Office for National Statistics. Retrieved on 28 March 2008.

Twin touns
  Péronne, Somme, Fraunce
  Altena, Germany

 References 
Notes

 Freemit airtins 

 Blackburn with Darwen Council , the wabsteid o Blackburn wi Darwen Borough Cooncil.
 www.cottontown.org, a wabsteid documentin the history o Blackburn wi Darwen as influencit bi the development o the cotton tred.
 Lancashire Telegraph, the daily wittins blad based in Blackburn.

Category:Touns in Lancashire
Category:Wast Pennine Moors
Category:Touns wi cathedrals in the Unitit Kinrick