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| Wrexham county borough | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Area: - Total - % Water | Ranked 10th 498 kmē ? % |
| Admin HQ: | Wrexham |
| ISO 3166-2: | GB-WRX |
| ONS code: | 00NL |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total ( April 29, 2001) - Density | Ranked 10th 128,645 258 / kmē |
| Welsh language: - Any skills | Ranked 10th 22.9% |
| Politics | |
Wrexham County Borough Council http://www.wrexham.gov.uk | |
| Control: | All-party |
| MPs: | Martyn JonesMartyn David Jones (born 1 March 1947) is a politician in Wales. He is member of Parliament for Clwyd South, and a member of the Labour Party. He has been an MP since 1987, and was for a while a Labour whip. Jones, Martyn. Ian LucasIan Colin Lucas (born 18 September 1960) has been Labour member of Parliament for Wrexham since 2001. He was born and brought up in a council house in Sunderland, but won a place at Oxford University to study jurisprudence and became a solicitor in Wrexha |
Wrexham is a county boroughCounty borough was a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom to refer to a borough or a city independent of county administration. History When the first county councils were created, it was decided that to let them have authority over the large tow in northern WalesFor alternate meanings, see Wales (disambiguation Wales ( Welsh: Cymru pronounced /"k@mrI/ SAMPA, km IPA, 'Kumree' approximate pronunciation) is one of the four nations comprising the United Kingdom (the other three being England, Scotland and Northern Ir. It covers parts of the traditional county of DenbighshireDenbighshire ( Welsh: Sir Ddinbych is a county in North Wales. Places in Denbighshire include: Denbigh Llangollen Prestatyn Rhyl Ruthin St Asaph The current Denbighshire was created in 1996. The current county has substantially different borders to the tr around Wrexham itself, and the detached parts of FlintshireFlintshire ( Welsh Sir y Fflint is a county in northern Wales. It borders, in England, Merseyside (across the River Dee) and Cheshire, and in Wales, Wrexham and Denbighshire. Places in Flintshire Buckley Flint Hawarden Holywell Mold Traditional Flintshire - English Maelor and Marford .
It is named after Wrexham, its main town, has a population of 130,000 inhabitants. Other places in the borough include Gwersylt , Ruabon , and ChirkChirk ( Welsh: Y Waun is a town in Denbighshire in Wales. Attractions in the town include Chirk Castle, a section of Offa's Dyke and the Llangollen Canal aqueduct, built in 1801 by Thomas Telford. The Glyn Valley Tramway operates from here. Local governme.
The county borough was formed on April 1, 1996. Most of the area was previously part of the Welsh district of Wrexham Maelor - with a few areas coming from Glyndwr.