Borough of Oswestry
| Borough of Oswestry | |
|---|---|
 Location in Shropshire |
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| status | Borough |
| region | West Midlands |
| Administration County | Shropshire |
| Administrative headquarters | Oswestry |
| surface | 256.08 km² (172.) |
| Residents | 40,400 (347.) |
| ONS code | 39UD |
| Website | - |
| founding | 1974 |
| resolution | 2009 |
Oswestry was a district with the status of a borough in the county of Shropshire in England . The administrative seat was the city of the same name Oswestry . Almost half of the population lived in the borough in the city of Oswestry. The borough also included the places Trefonen and Ruyton-XI-Towns .
The District was formed on April 1, 1974 and emerged from the former Rural District Oswestry. It was dissolved in the course of a territorial reform on April 1, 2009 and went on in the new Shropshire Unitary Authority .
Coordinates: 52 ° 51 ′ N , 3 ° 3 ′ W