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Wigan (/ ˈ w ɪ ɡ ən / WIG-ən) is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, 16 miles (25.7 km) to the south-east, and Liverpool, 17 miles (27 km) to the south-west. Bolton lies 10 miles (16 km) to the north-east and Warrington 12 miles (19 km) to the south.
- Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan Athletic Football Club (/ ˈ w ɪ ɡ ən /) is a...
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The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough...
- Wigan Athletic Football Club
O Wigan Athletic Football Club é um time de futebol da...
- Wigan Athletic F.C.
Wigan é uma cidade localizada na Grande Manchester, norte da Inglaterra. Tinha uma população de 81.203 em 2001. [ 1] É a cidade do cantor mirim Henry Gallagher, semi-finalista da nona temporada do Britain's Got Talent. Também é a cidade originária da banda The Verve.
Wigan Athletic Football Club (/ ˈ w ɪ ɡ ən /) is a professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the EFL League One, the third level of the English football league system.
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Wigan metropolitan borough was created on 1 April 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972. It was formed from the former county borough of Wigan along with other local government units from the administrative county of Lancashire. These were the Municipal Borough of Leigh, the urban districts of Abram, Aspull, Atherton, Hindley, Ince-in-Makerfield, O...
Wigan borough covers an area of 77 square miles (200 km2), and is the 9th-largest metropolitan borough (out of 36) in England. The borough is the most north western in Greater Manchester. Within Greater Manchester it borders the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton to the north-east and east, and the City of Salford to the east. Outwith Greater Mancheste...
Local government
For 12 years from the creation of Greater Manchester in 1974, the borough had a two-tier system of local government, and Wigan Council shared power with the Greater Manchester County Council. The county council was abolished in 1986 by the Local Government Act 1985. Since April 2011, some of the borough's responsibilities have been pooled with neighbouring authorities and subsumed into the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, which covers ten boroughs including Wigan. The first elections to...
Localities and wards
The borough is divided into 25 electoral wards, each of which elect three councillors. The present wards were adopted in 2023, following a review by the Boundary Commission, the previous review took place in 2003. Prior to 2003 the borough was divided in 24 wards. From the 2003 Boundary Review until the 2020s, Wigan Council divided the borough into ten areas by the name of townships, each with a Township Manager (council liaison) and a regularly scheduled Township Forum meeting. However with...
Civil & ecclesiastical parishes
The borough has three civil parishes: Haigh, Shevington and Worthington. The rest of the borough is an unparished area. Church of England ecclesiastical parishes in the west of the borough are part of the Diocese of Liverpool, those in the east of the Metropolitan Borough are part of the Diocese of Manchester and the northern section part of the Diocese of Blackburn.
With a population of around 300,000, Wigan is the second most populous borough of Greater Manchester, after Manchester. It has one of the lowest ethnic minority populations, with the 2001 census reporting 98.7% of the population as white. Unemployment is around the average for England and Wales. Approximately 9.5% of the population was recorded as ...
Public transport in Wigan MBC is co-ordinated by Transport for Greater Manchester(TfGM). The borough is served by an extensive bus network with most services operated by Stagecoach Manchester, Arriva North West First Greater Manchester and Diamond North West. There are two major bus stations in both Wigan and Leigh town centres. Services operate fr...
O Wigan Athletic Football Club é um time de futebol da Inglaterra com sede em Wigan, na Grande Manchester, no norte da Inglaterra.
Wigan es una ciudad del noroeste de Inglaterra, en el condado metropolitano del Gran Mánchester. Tradicionalmente, y en cuestiones de correo postal, está aún en el condado histórico y geográfico de Lancashire. Es la mayor ciudad del Distrito Metropolitano de Wigan, con una población de 90.000 habitantes.
Wigan est une ville située dans le Grand Manchester (Greater Manchester) en Angleterre. Elle se trouve près de la rivière Douglas, à 21,4 kilomètres (15 miles) au sud de Preston, à 26,6 kilomètres (16,5 miles) au nord-ouest de Manchester et à 28 kilomètres (17,4 miles) au nord-est de Liverpool.
