Shropshire (district)

Shropshire
Clockwise from top: Shrewsbury; Ludlow from the castle; the Shropshire Hills; Market Drayton; and Oswestry
Coat of arms of Shropshire
Shown within the ceremonial county of Shropshire
Shown within the ceremonial county of Shropshire
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryEngland
RegionWest Midlands
CountyShropshire
Unitary Authority1 April 2009
Government
 • TypeNon-metropolitan district
 • Local AuthorityShropshire Council
 • MPsJulia Buckley (L)
Stuart Anderson (C)
Helen Morgan (LD)
Mark Pritchard (C)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total327,178 (Ranked 36th)
Ethnicity (2021)
 • Ethnic groups
List
Religion (2021)
 • Religion
List
Time zoneUTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode
Post town
Shrewsbury and others
Dialling code01743 and others
ISO 3166 codeGB-SHR
ONS code17UD (ONS)
E06000051 (GSS)
Websiteshropshire.gov.uk

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire,[2] in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire.[3] The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil parishes.[4]

  1. ^ a b UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Shropshire Local Authority (E06000051)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Lieutenancies Act 1997". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  3. ^ "The Shropshire (Structural Change) Order 2008". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. ^ "Shropshire". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 11 June 2021.

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