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Wrexham County Borough

Wrexham County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam
Borough and Principal area
Wrexham County Borough shown within Wales
Wrexham County Borough shown within Wales
Coordinates: 53°03′N 3°00′W / 53.05°N 3.00°W / 53.05; -3.00Coordinates: 53°03′N 3°00′W / 53.05°N 3.00°W / 53.05; -3.00
Sovereign state  United Kingdom
Constituent country  Wales
Preserved county Clwyd
Established 1 April 1996
Administrative HQ Wrexham
Government
 • Type Principal council
 • Body Wrexham County Borough Council
 • Executive TBA (council NOC)
 • Leader Mark Pritchard (Independent)
 • Mayor Alan Edwards
 • Chief Executive Dr Helen Paterson
 • MPs Susan Jones (L)
Ian Lucas (L)
Area
 • Total 193 sq mi (499 km2)
Area rank 10th
Population (2011)
 • Total 134,800
 • Rank 10th
 • Density 690/sq mi (268/km2)
 • Ethnicity 97.6% white
Time zone Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) British Summer Time (UTC+1)
GSS code W06000006
ISO 3166-2 GB-WRX
NUTS 3 code UKL23
ONS code 00NL
Website www.wrexham.gov.uk

Wrexham County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a local government principal area centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of nearly 135,000 inhabitants. Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages which has a population of around 63,000 people. The remainder live to the south and east of the town in more rural areas. The area has strong links with coal-mining.

The county borough was formed on 1 April 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 Glyndŵr – in the county of Clwyd.

The area includes a portion of the eastern half of the historic county of Denbighshire (although not forming part of the principal area of Denbighshire), and two exclaves of historic FlintshireEnglish Maelor and the parish of Marford and Hoseley.

The region is governed as a unitary authority by Wrexham County Borough Council. Most 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.

Wrexham County Borough forms part of the Wales constituency, which elects four members to the European Parliament using the d'Hondt method of party-list proportional representation.


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