Telford and Wrekin
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| Borough of Telford and Wrekin | |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Unitary, Borough |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial County: | Shropshire |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 158th 290.31 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Telford |
| ONS code: | 00GF |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2003 est.) - Density | Ranked 94th 160,288 552 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 94.8% White 2.9% S.Asian |
| Politics | |
| Borough of Telford and Wrekin http://www.telford.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Labour |
| MPs: | Mark Pritchard, David Wright |
Telford and Wrekin is a borough in the West Midlands region of England. It was created in 1974 as The Wrekin, a district of Shropshire.
On April 1, 1998 it became a unitary authority, independent from Shropshire County Council. The headquarters of the council are in Telford Town Centre. It remains inside the Shropshire ceremonial county though.
Settlements in Telford and Wrekin -
The borough borders Staffordshire and the administrative county of Shropshire.
| Districts of England - West Midlands | 
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Birmingham | Bridgnorth | Bromsgrove | Cannock Chase | Coventry | Dudley | East Staffordshire | Herefordshire | Lichfield | Malvern Hills | Newcastle-under-Lyme | North Shropshire | North Warwickshire | Nuneaton and Bedworth | Oswestry | Redditch | Rugby | Sandwell | Shrewsbury and Atcham | Solihull | South Shropshire | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Stoke-on-Trent | Stratford-on-Avon | Tamworth | Telford and Wrekin | Walsall | Warwick | Wolverhampton | Worcester | Wychavon | Wyre Forest | |
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Administrative Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire |