Oswestry (borough)

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Borough of Oswestry
Shown within Shropshire non-metropolitan county
Geography
Status:	Non-metropolitan district and Borough
Region:	West Midlands
Administrative and Ceremonial county:	Shropshire
Area: - Total	Ranked 172nd 256.08 km²
Admin. HQ:	Oswestry
ONS code:	39UD
Demographics
Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density	Ranked 347th 39,200 153 / km²
Ethnicity:	98.9% White
Politics
Oswestry Borough Council http://www.oswestrybc.gov.uk/
Leadership:	Leader & Cabinet
Executive:	Independent / Liberal Democrats
MP:	Owen Paterson

Oswestry (Welsh: Croesoswallt) is a small local government district with borough status in Shropshire, England. It is the smallest of the five districts of Shropshire in terms of both population and land area.

Its council is based in Oswestry, the only town and largest settlement in the borough. Villages in the borough include St Martin's, Whittington, Gobowen and Ruyton XI Towns.

The three most deprived wards in Shropshire (not including Telford and Wrekin) are found in Oswestry Borough. They are Victoria, Gatacre and Llanyblodwel.

The district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a direct successor to Oswestry Rural District.

Ceremonial county of Shropshire
Unitary authorities:	Telford and Wrekin
Boroughs/Districts:	Bridgnorth • North Shropshire • Oswestry • Shrewsbury and Atcham • South Shropshire
Cities/Towns:	Bishop's Castle • Bridgnorth • Broseley • Church Stretton • Cleobury Mortimer • Clun • Craven Arms • Dawley • Ellesmere • Ludlow • Madeley • Market Drayton • Much Wenlock • Newport • Oakengates • Oswestry • Shifnal • Shrewsbury • Telford • Wellington • Wem • Whitchurch See also: List of civil parishes in Shropshire

Districts of the West Midlands
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
Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire