| Borough of Oadby and Wigston | |
Shown within Leicestershire | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Status: | Borough |
| Region: | East Midlands |
| Admin. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics The region, also known as the government office region, is currently the highest tier of local government sub-national entity of England, with only one The East Midlands is one of the Regions of England and consists of most of the eastern half of the traditional region of the Midlands. County: | Leicestershire |
| Area: Total: | Ranked 344th 23.52 km² |
| Admin. Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. This is a list of Districts of England ordered by area. The areas given are calculated from the Output Areas created for Census 2001 and made available To help compare sizes of different geographic regions we list here Areas between 10 km² (1000 Hectares and 100 km² (10000 hectares Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of HQ: | Wigston Magna |
| ONS code: | 31UJ |
| Demographics | |
| Population: Total (2006 est. Great Wigston or Wigston Magna (see also Wigston Parva) is a town within Leicestershire, England just to the south of Leicester The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating Census and other statistical data In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology ): Density: | Ranked 333rd 56,500 2402 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 82. The density of a material is defined as its Mass per unit Volume: \rho = \frac{m}{V} Different materials usually have different The figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the Office for National Statistics. 8% White 13. 5% S. Asian 1. 3% Black British |
| Politics | |
| Oadby and Wigston Borough Council http://www.oadby-wigston.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Alternative - Sec. The pattern of local government in England is complex with the distribution of functions varying according to the local arrangements 31 |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrat |
| MPs: | Edward Garnier |
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