Ceiriog Rural District

Ceiriog
Area
  1951 63,269 acres (256.04 km2)
  1961 63,269 acres (256.04 km2)
Population
  1951 7,632
  1971 6,818
History
  Created 1935
  Abolished 1974
  Succeeded by Glyndwr
Status Rural District
  HQ Chirk

Ceiriog was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire from 1935 to 1974.

The rural district was formed by a County Review Order in 1935 from the merger of Chirk and Llansillin Rural districts. The district was named after the Ceiriog Valley.

The district contained nine civil parishes:

The rural district was abolished in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, with its area becoming part of the district of Glyndŵr, one of six districts of Clwyd.

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