Chirk

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Chirk Welsh: Y Waun
Church Street, Chirk
Map of the community.
Chirk Location within Wrexham
Population	4,468 (2011)
OS grid reference	SJ295375
Community	Chirk
Principal area	Wrexham
Preserved county	Clwyd
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WREXHAM
Postcode district	LL14
Dialling code	01691
Police	North Wales
Fire	North Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
UK Parliament	Montgomeryshire and Glyndŵr
Senedd Cymru – Welsh Parliament	Clwyd South
List of places UK Wales Wrexham 52°55′48″N 3°03′00″W / 52.930°N 3.050°W / 52.930; -3.050

Chirk (Welsh: Y Waun) is a town and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales, 10 miles (16 kilometres) south of Wrexham, between it and Oswestry. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 4,468.^[1] Historically in the traditional county of Denbighshire, and later Clwyd, it has been part of Wrexham County Borough since a local government reorganisation in 1996. The border with the English county of Shropshire is immediately south of the town, on the other side of the River Ceiriog.

The town is served by Chirk railway station and the A5/A483 roads.