Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
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| Borough of Wigan | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Metropolitan Borough |
| Region: | North West England |
| Ceremonial County: | Greater Manchester |
| Traditional County: | Lancashire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 194th 188.19 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Wigan |
| ONS code: | 00BW |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wiganmbc.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Andrew Burnham, Barbara Keeley, Ian McCartney, Neil Turner |
Towns and villages in the borough include Wigan itself, Abram, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Aspull, Astley, Atherton, Billinge (part only: the rest is in St Helens), Bryn, Golborne, Haigh, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh, Lowton, Orrell, Platt Bridge, Standish, Shevington, Tyldesley and Winstanley.
The current boundaries of Wigan were set by the Local Government Act 1972, which on April 1, 1974 formed the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan from the former County Borough of Wigan, along with the municipal borough of Leigh, the urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Atherton, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Standish-with-Langtree, Tyldesley, part of the urban districts of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Billinge-and-Winstanley, and part of Wigan Rural District.
Parishes
Unparished Areas
Showing former status (prior to 1974)
- Abram (Urban District)
- Ashton-in-Makerfield (Urban District) (part)
- Aspull (Urban District)
- Atherton (Urban District)
- Billinge and Winstanley (Urban District) (part)
- Golborne (Urban District) (part)
- Hindley (Urban District)
- Ince-in-Makerfield (Urban District)
- Leigh (Municipal Borough)
- Orrell (Urban District)
- Standish-with-Langtree (Urban District)
- Tyldesley (Urban District)
- Wigan (County Borough)
| Districts of North West England |
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| Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness | Blackburn with Darwen | Blackpool | Bolton | Burnley | Bury | Carlisle | Chester | Chorley | Congleton | Copeland | Crewe and Nantwich | Eden | Ellesmere Port and Neston | Fylde | Halton | Hyndburn | Knowsley | Lancaster | Liverpool | Macclesfield | Manchester | Oldham | Pendle | Preston | Ribble Valley | Rochdale | Rossendale | St Helens | Salford | Sefton | South Lakeland | South Ribble | Stockport | Tameside | Trafford | Vale Royal | Warrington | West Lancashire | Wigan | Wirral | Wyre | |
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Counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |
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