Twin Towns
The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale has formal twinning arrangements with six places. Three were originally twinned with a place within the Metropolitan Borough boundaries prior to its creation in 1974.
| Country | Place | County / District / Region / State | Originally twinned with | Date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | Tourcoing | Nord-Pas de Calais | County Borough of Rochdale | 1956 | |||
| Germany | Peine | Niedersachsen | Municipal Borough of Heywood | 1967 | |||
| Germany | Bielefeld | Nordrhein-Westfalen | County Borough of Rochdale | 1953 | |||
| Pakistan | Sahiwal | Punjab | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale | 1988 | |||
| Ukraine | Lviv | Lviv | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale | 1992 | |||
| Bangladesh | Sylhet | Sylhet Division | Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale | 2009 |
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