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Shropshire
Summary
Shropshire (ˈʃrɒpʃər,_-ʃɪər; historically Salop and abbreviated Shrops) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, Worcestershire to the southeast, Herefordshire to the south, and the Welsh counties of Wrexham and Powys to the west. The largest settlement is Telford (155,570), and Shrewsbury (76,782) is the county town.
The county has an area of , a population of 498,073, and a population density of 136/km2 (350/sq mi). Besides Telford and Shrewsbury the county is rural and characterised by small towns such as Oswestry (15,613), Bridgnorth (12,212), Newport (11,387), Ludlow (10,500), and Market Drayton (10,407). The county is divided into two districts, which are governed by the unitary Shropshire Council and Telford and Wrekin Council respectively.
Shropshire is generally flat in the north and hilly in the south, where the Shropshire Hills AONB covers about a quarter of the county. The AONB includes The Wrekin, the Clee Hills, Stiperstones, the Long Mynd, and Wenlock Edge. In the low-lying northwest of the county, overlapping the border with Wales, is the Fenn's, Whixall and Bettisfield Mosses National Nature Reserve, one of the most important and best preserved bogs in Britain.
The River Severn, Great Britain's longest river, runs through the county, forming a wide, flat valley, before exiting into Worcestershire south of Bridgnorth.
The county contains a number of historically significant towns, including Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and Ludlow; with Shrewsbury acting as the seat of the Council of Wales and the Marches.
The county is the setting of important and ongoing cultural continuities from the immediate post Roman period into the Saxon period and on to today, and saw significant events during the Wars of the Roses, Tudor period and the beginnings of the Industrial Age.
Additionally, the area around Coalbrookdale in the county is seen as highly significant, as it is regarded as one of the birthplaces of the Industrial Revolution.
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