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The City of Bradford, and the various towns and villages that make up the Metropolitan District, have Twin Town and Sister City Friendship Agreements with a number of communities throughout the world.

These relationships are managed through a series of twinning associations

Bradford Twin Town Association

• Galway, Ireland - twinned 1987
• Mirpur District Council, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan – friendship agreement 1998
• Mönchengladbach, Germany – twinned 1971
• Roubaix, France – twinned 1969
• Skopje, Republic of Macedonia – twinned 1963
• Verviers, Belgium – twinned 1970

Keighley and District Twin Links Association

• Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA – sister city
• Poix-du-Nord, France – twinned 1919

Shipley/Hamm Twinning Association

• Hamm, Germany – twinned 1976

Ilkley/Coutances Twinning Committee

• Coutances, Normandy, France – twinned 1969

Haworth

• Haworth, New Jersey – sister city 2004
• Machu Picchu – friendship link 2005

Wilsden / Eppeville 1982

• Eppeville, France – twinned 1982