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Wrexham County Borough Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam
Borough and Principal area
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 (2017)
• Total	135,600
• Rank	10th
• Density	700/sq mi (269/km2)
• Ethnicity	97.6% white
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (British Summer Time)
GSS code	W06000006
ISO 3166-2	GB-WRX
NUTS 3 code	UKL23
ONS code	00NL
Website	www.wrexham.gov.uk

Pontycysyllte canal boat aqueduct on Wrexham's outskirts – A UNESCO World Heritage Site

Wrexham County Borough (Welsh: Bwrdeistref Sirol Wrecsam) is a local government principal area centred on the town of Wrexham in northeast Wales. The county borough has a population of nearly 135,000 inhabitants. Around 63,000 of these live either within the town of Wrexham or in the surrounding conurbation of urban villages. The remainder live to the south and east of the town in more rural areas, including the borough's large salient in the Ceiriog Valley. 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 Flintshire: English Maelor and the parish of Marford and Hoseley.

Government

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.

Assembly members

Members of the European Parliament

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.

Schools

Top performing Secondary schools in Wrexham County Borough.

Percentages are those achieving at least 5 GCSEs at grades A*-C, according to the latest inspection report by Estyn.

All schools English medium unless stated:

*Incomplete secondary school which does not have a Sixth Form

Twinning

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  Iserlohn (Märkischer Kreis), Germany
  


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  Racibórz, Poland
  

Wrexham is twinned with the German district of Märkischer Kreis and the Polish town of Racibórz.

The first twinning was established on 17 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, a county in Poland, which was formerly part of Silesia, Germany. In September 2002, a delegation from Racibórz visited Wrexham and began discussions about co-operation which led 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.

See also

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  List of places in Wrexham County Borough for a list of towns and villages

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wrexham County Borough.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Wrexham (county).

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  Wrexham County Borough at Curlie
  


• Wrexham County Borough Council Website


• Electoral Arrangements Order 1998 – description of Wards


• Wrexham Council Ward Map


• Wrexham.com Website


• North Wales Police Wrexham Ward Map


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  NHS Review of substance misuse including Ward Deprivation Map and detailed population/age group figures (PDF Viewer Required)