Shropshire

Shropshire
	Coonty
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	Motto: "Floreat Salopia"; ("Mey Shropshire flourish")
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	Coordinates: 52°37′N 2°43′W / 52.617°N 2.717°WCoordinates: 52°37′N 2°43′W / 52.617°N 2.717°W
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Constituent kintra	Ingland
Region	Wast Midlands
Established	Auncient
Ceremonial coonty
Laird Lieutenant	Algernon Eustace Heber-Percy
Heich Shirra	Rhoderick M Swire (2018/19)
Area	3,487 km2 (1,346 sq mi)
• Rankit	13t o 48
Population (2011 est.)	456,000
• Rankit	42nt o 48
Density	131/km2 (340/sq mi)
Ethnicity	Figures for Shropshire UA:; 93.8% White, Breetish; 1.9% White, ither; 1.5% S. Asie; 0.9% Mixed; 0.6% White, Erse; 0.6% Black
Unitar authority
Cooncil	Shropshire Council
Executive	Conservative
Admin HQ	Shrewsbury
Aurie	3,197 km2 (1,234 sq mi)
• Rankit	4t o 326
Population	323,606
• Rankit	33rd o 326
Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-SHR
ONS code	00GG
GSS code	E06000051
NUTS	UKG22
Wabsteid	www.shropshire.gov.uk
	; Destricts o Shropshire; Unitar
Destricts	Shropshire; Telford and Wrekin;
Members o Pairlament	Leet o MPs
Polis	West Mercia Police
Time zone	Greenwich Mean Time (UTC)
• Simmer (DST)	Breetish Simmer Time (UTC+1)

Shropshire (/[unsupported input]ˈʃrɒpʃər/ or /ˈʃrɒpʃɪər/; alternatively Salop;^[3] abbreviated, in print only, Shrops^[4]) is a coonty in the Wast Midlands region o Ingland. It borders Wales tae the wast, Cheshire tae the north, Staffordshire tae the east, Worcestershire tae the sooth-east an Herefordshire tae the sooth. A unitary authority (Shropshire Council) wis creatit on 1 Aprile 2009, takkin ower frae the previous coonty cooncil an 5 destrict cooncils, an covers maist o the coonty. The burgh o Telford an Wrekin, includit in Shropshire for ceremonial purposes, haes been a separate unitary authority syne 1998.^[5]