Metropolitan Borough of Wigan
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The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It is named after its largest town, Wigan but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Atherton, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh and Tyldesley. The borough also covers the villages and suburbs of Abram, Aspull, Astley, Bryn, Hindley Green, Lowton, Mosley Common, Orrell, Pemberton, Shevington, Standish, Winstanley and Worsley Mesnes. The borough is also the second-most populous district in Greater Manchester.[5]
Borough of Wigan | |
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Motto: Progress with Unity | |
Coordinates: 53°32′N 2°37′W | |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Country | England |
Region | North West |
Ceremonial county and city region | Greater Manchester |
Historic county | Lancashire |
Incorporated | 1 April 1974 |
Named for | Wigan |
Administrative HQ | Wigan Civic Centre |
Government | |
• Type | Metropolitan borough |
• Body | Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council |
• Executive | Leader and cabinet |
• Control | Labour |
• Leader | David Molyneux (L) |
• Mayor | Kevin Anderson |
• MPs | 4 MPs
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Area | |
• Total | 73 sq mi (188 km2) |
• Rank | 150th |
Population (2022)[3] | |
• Total | 334,110 |
• Rank | 31st |
• Density | 4,600/sq mi (1,776/km2) |
Ethnicity (2021) | |
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Religion (2021) | |
• Religion | List
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Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
Postcode area | |
Dialling code |
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ISO 3166 code | GB-WGN |
GSS code | E08000010 |
Website | wigan |
The borough was formed in 1974, replacing several former local government districts. It is the furthest west part of Greater Manchester, and it is bordered by the Greater Manchester boroughs of City of Salford and Bolton to the east, the Cheshire borough of Warrington to the south, the Merseyside borough of St Helens to the south west, and the Lancashire boroughs of West Lancashire to the west and Chorley to the north.