Telford and Wrekin
Borough of Telford and Wrekin | |
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status | Unitary Authority , Borough |
region | West Midlands |
Ceremony county | Shropshire |
Administrative headquarters | Telford |
surface | 290.31 km² |
Residents | 177,799 |
was standing | June 30, 2018 |
ISO-3166-2 | GB-TFW |
ONS code | 00GF |
GSS code | E06000020 |
Website | www.telford.gov.uk |
Telford and Wrekin is an independent administrative unit ( Unitary Authority ) in England . It has a population of about 167,000 and is part of the West Midlands region and borders Staffordshire and Shropshire . The administrative headquarters are in Telford .
The Borough of Telford and Wrekin was from 1974 to 1998 a district of the county of Shropshire formed under the name The Wrekin . It has been administratively independent of Shropshire since 1998 and belongs to that county only on ceremonial occasions.
Places in Telford and Wrekin:
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Coordinates: 52 ° 44 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ W