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Wrexham

Wrexham is a city in in . It's industrial, but has lost its former trades of coal-mining and brick-making. It was granted "city" status in 2022, but this is ceremonial and doesn't affect its governance.
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  • Type: City with 61,600 residents
  • Description: city in Wales, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Wrecsam” and “Wrexham, Wales”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Racecourse Ground and Wrexham Central railway station.

Stadium
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The is a football stadium in Wrexham, . It is the home of Wrexham Association Football Club, and is the largest stadium in and the fifth-largest in Wales.

Railway station
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is the smaller of two railway stations serving the central area of Wrexham in , the other being . The platform can accommodate a three car diesel train, but has room for platform extension.

Library
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is the main public library of Wrexham, Wales. Located in the , adjacent to , it opened in 1972, superseding the on Queen's Square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Acton and Offa.

Suburb
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is a suburb and community in Wrexham, , . It spans the north-eastern part of Wrexham. The area is largely residential and at its centre, lies Park, the location of the former Hall.

Suburb
is a community and electoral ward in , , covering most of the south-western portion of the city of Wrexham. It is bordered by the communities of; , and to the north, to the east, , and to the south, and , , and to the west.

Suburb
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is a suburb and community in , , covering the north-western parts of the city of Wrexham and comprises the wards of Grosvenor, and .

Wrexham

Latitude
53.0465° or 53° 2′ 47″ north
Longitude
-2.9938° or 2° 59′ 38″ west
Population
61,600
Elevation
285 feet (87 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB WXH
Open location code
9C5V22W4+JF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 315038255
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
2633485
Wiki­data ID
Q496368
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Wrexham” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ريكسهام”
  • Arabic: “ورکسام”
  • Armenian: “Ռեքսհեմ”
  • Asturian: “Wrecsam”
  • Bashkir: “Рексем”
  • Basque: “Wrecsam”
  • Basque: “Wrexam”
  • Basque: “Wrexham”
  • Belarusian: “Рэксем”
  • Belarusian: “Рэксэм”
  • Breton: “Wrecsam”
  • Bulgarian: “Рексъм”
  • Catalan: “Wrexham”
  • Cebuano: “Wrexham (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Wrexham”
  • Chinese: “域斯咸”
  • Chinese: “雷克斯漢姆”
  • Chinese: “雷克瑟姆”
  • Cornish: “Wrecsam”
  • Cornish: “Wreksam”
  • Cornish: “Wrexham”
  • Czech: “Wrexham”
  • Danish: “Wrexham”
  • Dutch: “Wrexham”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ريكسام”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ورکسام”
  • Esperanto: “Wrekshamo”
  • Esperanto: “Wrexham”
  • Estonian: “Wrexham”
  • Finnish: “Wrexham”
  • French: “Wrecsam”
  • French: “Wrexham”
  • Galician: “Wrecsam”
  • Galician: “Wrexham”
  • German: “GB-WRX”
  • German: “Wrecsam”
  • German: “Wrexham”
  • Greek: “Ρέξαμ”
  • Hebrew: “רקסהאם”
  • Hebrew: “רקסהם”
  • Hungarian: “Wrexham”
  • Indonesian: “Wrexham”
  • Irish: “Wrecsam”
  • Italian: “Wrexham”
  • Japanese: “レクサム”
  • Korean: “렉섬”
  • Latin: “Urithlesia”
  • Latvian: “Reksema”
  • Lithuanian: “Reksamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Rekshamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Vrekshamas”
  • Lithuanian: “Wrexham”
  • Livvi: “Wrecsam”
  • Northern Frisian: “Wrexham”
  • Northern Sami: “Wrecsam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wrecsam”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wrexham”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Wrexham”
  • Norwegian: “Wrexham”
  • Persian: “ورکسام”
  • Polish: “Wrexham”
  • Portuguese: “Wrexham”
  • Quechua: “Wrexham”
  • Romanian: “Wrexham”
  • Russian: “Рексем”
  • Scots: “Wrexham”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Wrecsam”
  • Serbian: “Reksam”
  • Serbian: “Рексам”
  • Silesian: “Wrexham”
  • Slovenian: “Wrexham”
  • South Azerbaijani: “ورکسام”
  • Spanish: “Wrecsam”
  • Spanish: “Wrexham”
  • Swedish: “Wrexham”
  • Tatar: “Рексем”
  • Thai: “เรกซัม”
  • Turkish: “Wrexham”
  • Ukrainian: “Рексем”
  • Urdu: “ریکس ہیم”
  • Vietnamese: “Wrecsam”
  • Vietnamese: “Wrexham”
  • Võro: “Wrecsam”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wrexham”
  • Welsh: “Gwrecsam”
  • Welsh: “Wrecsam”
  • Yue Chinese: “域斯咸”
  • “Wrecsam”

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