WREXHAM (COUNTY BOROUGH)

'Wrexham county borough'

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Geography
'Area' - Total - % Water	Ranked 10th 498 km² ? %
Admin HQ	Wrexham
	GB-WRX
ONS code	00NL
Demographics
'Population': - Total () - Density	Ranked Ranked / km²
Ethnicity	97.6% White 1.4% S. Asian
'Welsh language' - Any skills	Ranked 10th 22.9%
Politics
Arms of Wrexham County Borough Council Wrexham County Borough Council http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/
Control
MPs	★ Martyn Jones ★ Ian Lucas

'Wrexham' () is a county borough centered on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. The vast majority of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages. The remainder living to the south and east of the town in more rural areas.
The county borough was formed on April 1, 1996, Borough status was inherited from the town of Wrexham, granted over 150 years ago. Most of the area was previously part of the Welsh district of Wrexham Maelor - with several communities coming from Glyndwr.
The area is largely part of the historic county of Denbighshire (although not forming part of the modern Denbighshire principal area), with the exception of two traditional exclaves of Flintshire - Maelor Saesneg and the parish of Marford and Hoseley.

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Government

Twinning

See also

External links

Government

The region is governed as a unitary authority by Wrexham County Borough Council. Virtually all offices of the council are situated within Wrexham town centre, around Llwyn Isaf and the Civic Centre around Chester Street. The headquarters of the organisation is at the Guild Hall, Queens Square.

Twinning

★ Iserlohn (Märkischer Kreis), Germany

★ Racibórz, Poland
The town and County Borough of Wrexham is twinned with the German district of Märkischer Kreis and the Polish town of Racibórz.
The first Twinning was established on 17th March 1970 between the former Kreis Iserlohn and Wrexham Rural District. Its early success ensured that, after local government reorganisation in both countries in the mid-seventies, the Twinning was taken over by the new Councils of Märkischer Kreis and Wrexham Maelor Borough Council and, in 1996, by Wrexham County Borough Council.
In 2001 Märkischer Kreis entered a Twinning arrangement with Racibórz (Ratibor), a county in Poland, which was formerly part of Silesia, Germany. In September 2002, a delegation from Racibórz visited Wrexham and began initial discussions about possible co-operation which led, eventually, to the signing of Articles of Twinning between Wrexham and Racibórz in March 2004. The Wrexham area has strong historical links with Poland. Following World War II, many service personnel from the Free Polish armed forces who had been injured received treatment at Penley Polish Hospital. Many of their descendants remain in the area to this day.

See also

★ List of places in Wrexham county borough for a list of towns and villages

External links

★ Wrexham County Borough Council Website

★ Wrexham Today - The Definitive Portal for Wrexham

★ Electoral Arrangements Order 1998 - Description of Wards

★ Wrexham Council Ward Map

★ North Wales Police Wrexham Ward Map

★ NHS Review of Substance Misuse including Ward Deprivation Map and detailed population/age group figures (PDF Viewer Required)