Editing Denton, Greater Manchester (section)

===Twinning===
[[File:Mayors on Denton Twinning Day.jpg|thumb|left|Chairman George Newton, Mayor of Kierspe, Mayoral Consort and Civic Mayor of Tameside Cllr Brenda Warrington, Mayor and Mayoress of Montigny and Deputy Mayor of Montigny on Denton Town Twinning Day, 22 September 2012]]

On 5 December 1992, Denton became a [[twin-town]] to [[Montigny-le-Bretonneux|Montigny le Bretonneux]], near Paris, France. On one side of the town hall, there is a 'French road sign' which was a gift from the Municipal Authority in Montigny and states how far it is to Montigny le Bretonneux from Denton. There is a similar 'English road sign' outside Montigny's Town Hall pointing to Denton. Denton celebrated 20 years of twinning in September 2012.

For ten years the French sign on Denton Town Hall pointed north, implying that Denton's French twin-town is located in the sea somewhere to the west of [[Orkney]]. However, Tameside MBC installed a 'mock' French road sign, pointing left (i.e. south) in February 2007.

Since September 2012, Denton has been twinned with [[Kierspe]] in north west Germany, near [[Cologne]], which in itself has been twinned with Montigny for 25 years.

There is a similar road sign to Kierspe displayed on the wall of the town hall building that points in a southerly direction, indicating that you may find it close to Le Mans in France, rather than Germany where Kierspe is currently located.

The town twinning is run independently of the local authority and is run by volunteers who sit on the Denton Town Twinning Association. The group fundraise and rely on generous donations to continue cultivating educational, cultural, and commercial links between Denton and its twin towns.{{Clear}}