Wrexham (county borough)
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| Geography | |
| Area - Total - % Water |
Ranked 10th 498 km² ? % |
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| Admin HQ | Wrexham |
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-WRX |
| ONS code | 00NL |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2006 est.) - Density |
Ranked 11th 131,000 Ranked 13th 263 / km² |
| Ethnicity | 97.6% White 1.4% S. Asian |
| Welsh language - Any skills |
Ranked 10th 22.9% |
| Politics | |
 Wrexham County Borough Council http://www.wrexham.gov.uk/ |
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| Control | NOC (Liberal Democrat-led coalition) |
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Wrexham (Welsh: Wrecsam) is a county borough centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. Just under half 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 district of Wrexham Maelor - with several communities coming from Glyndwr - in the county of Clwyd.
The area includes a portion of the eastern half of the former county of Denbighshire (although not forming part of the modern county of Denbighshire), and two former exclaves of Flintshire - Maelor Saesneg and the parish of Marford and Hoseley.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Schools
Top performing secondary schools in the borough of Wrexham, 5 GCSEs, grades A*-C, according to the latest inspection reports by Estyn
77% St. Joseph's Catholic and Anglican High School, Wrexham
66% The Maelor School, Penley
57% Darland High School, Wrexham
53% Ysgol Morgan Llwyd, Wrexham
46% Ysgol Rhiwabon, Ruabon
42% Ysgol Grango, Rhosllannerchrugog
41% Ysgol Clywedog, Wrexham
38% Ysgol Bryn Alyn, Gwersyllt
36% Ysgol Rhosnesni, Wrexham
[edit] Twinning
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.
[edit] See also
- List of places in Wrexham county borough for a list of towns and villages
[edit] 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)
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