Shropshire (district)

Shropshire
Shropshire
Unitary authority area
	Clockwise from top: Shrewsbury; Ludlow from the castle; the Shropshire Hills; Market Drayton; and Oswestry
	Coat of arms
	Shown within the ceremonial county of Shropshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Shropshire Council
• MPs	Daniel Kawczynski (C); Philip Dunne (C); Helen Morgan (LD); Mark Pritchard (C);
Population (2022)
• Total	327,178 (Ranked 36th)
Ethnicity (2021)
• Ethnic groups	List 96.7% White ; 1.3% Asian ; 1.2% Mixed ; 0.4% other ; 0.3% Black ;
Religion (2021)
• Religion	List 55.5% Christianity ; 37% no religion ; 0.5% Islam ; 0.2% Hinduism ; 0.1% Judaism ; 0.2% Sikhism ; 0.3% Buddhism ; 0.5% other ; 5.9% not stated ;
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SY1-SY13, SY15, SY21, SY99, TF9, TF11-TF13, WV15-WV16, LL14, WR15
Post town	Shrewsbury and others
Dialling code	01743 and others
ONS code	17UD (ONS); E06000051 (GSS)
Website	shropshire.gov.uk

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire,^[2] in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire.^[3] The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil parishes.^[4]