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large (former industrial) town, conurbation and principal area of Wales
lying in north-eastern part of the country. It is situated between the first
mountains of Wales and the lower Dee valley, close to the English border
with Cheshire. It is the main commercial, retail, educational and cultural
centre in North Wales, and often termed 'The capital of North Wales'. In the
2001 census Wrexham had a population of 42,576, whereas the Wrexham urban
area had a population of 63,084[1]. It forms the centre of the wider Wrexham
County Borough, which covers 50,500 hectares and has a population of over
130,000. These figures make Wrexham by far the largest urban area in Wales
away from the south coast. The main shopping areas in Wrexham are; Abbot Street, Bank Street, Henblas
Street, King Street, Regent Street, Overton Arcade, Hope Street and Queen
Street. A cluster of retail parks are situated around the inner ring road at
the Central and Border retail parks. Plas Coch and Berse retail parks are
situated on the outskirts close to the A483. Bangor-on-Dee is a village in the ancient district of Maelor in north-east Wales, situated on the banks of the River Dee. The village is in the county borough of Wrexham and is close to the border with England. Chirk is a town in north-east Wales, between Wrexham and Oswestry. Chirk has been part of the County Borough of Wrexham since local government reorganisation in 1996. Prior to which it was administered as part of the county Clwyd and was part of the former county of Denbighshire. The border with Shropshire, England is only a mile east of the town. Clwyd is a preserved county of Wales. From 1974 until 1996, it was a county, with a county council, and was divided into six districts: Penley (Welsh: Llannerch
Banna) is a village in the County Borough of Wrexham, in north-east Wales
close to the border with Shropshire, England |
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