Metropolitan Borough of Wigan

Borough of Wigan
Wigan
Geography
Status:	Metropolitan Borough
Region:	North West England
Ceremonial County:	Greater Manchester
Traditional County:	Lancashire
Area: - Total	Ranked 194th 188.19 km²
Admin. HQ:	Wigan
ONS code:	00BW
Demographics
Population: - Total () - Density	Ranked / km²
Ethnicity:	98.7% White
Politics
Arms of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council http://www.wiganmbc.gov.uk
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:
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 (part only: the rest is in St Helens), Bryn, Golborne, Haigh, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Leigh, Lowton, Orrell, Platt Bridge, Standish, Shevington, Tyldesley and Winstanley.

The current boundaries of Wigan 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 the municipal borough of Leigh, the urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Atherton, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, Orrell, Standish-with-Langtree, Tyldesley, part of the urban districts of Ashton-in-Makerfield, Golborne, Billinge-and-Winstanley, and part of Wigan Rural District.

Parishes

# Haigh# Shevington# Worthington

Unparished Areas

Showing former status (prior to 1974)

# Abram (Urban District)# Ashton-in-Makerfield (Urban District) (part)# Aspull (Urban District)# Atherton (Urban District)# Billinge and Winstanley (Urban District) (part)# Golborne (Urban District) (part)# Hindley (Urban District)# Ince-in-Makerfield (Urban District)# Leigh (Municipal Borough)# Orrell (Urban District)# Standish-with-Langtree (Urban District)# Tyldesley (Urban District)# Wigan (County Borough)