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 |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 194th 188.19 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Wigan |
| ONS code: | 00BW |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 17th 303,846 1,615 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.7% White |
| Politics | |
 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wiganmbc.gov.uk | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Andrew Burnham, Barbara Keeley, Ian McCartney, Neil Turner |
The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a Metropolitan Borough in Greater Manchester, in North West England.
Towns and villages in the Borough include Wigan itself, Abram, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Aspull, Astley, Atherton, Billinge, Bryn, Golborne, Haigh, Hindley, Leigh, Lowton, Orrell, Platt Bridge, Standish, Shevington, Tyldesley and Winstanley.
The current boundaries of Wigan date 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 a number of Boroughs and Urban Districts formerly in Lancashire and Cheshire.
| Districts of England - 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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Administrative counties with multiple districts: Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside |