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Adding local short description: "Abolished Welsh rural district", overriding Wikidata description "local government area in the UK, abolished 1974"
 
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{{infoboxShort historicdescription|Abolished Welsh rural district|}}
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|Name= Ceiriog
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|PopulationLast= 6,818
|PopulationLastYear= 1971
|AreaFirst= 63,269 acres{{convert|63269|acre|km2}}
|AreaFirstYear= 1951
|AreaLast= 63,269 acres{{convert|63269|acre|km2}}
|AreaLastYear= 1961
}}
'''Ceiriog''' was a [[rural district]] in the [[administrative county]] of [[Denbighshire (historic)|Denbighshire]] from [[1935]] to [[1974]].
 
The rural district was formed by a [[Local Government Act 1929|County Review Order]] in [[1935]] from the merger of [[Chirk Rural District|Chirk]] and [[Llansillin Rural District|Llansillin]] Rural districts. The district was named after the [[Ceiriog Valley]].
 
The district contained nine [[civil parish]]es:
*[[Chirk]]
*[[GlyntraenGlyntraian]]
*[[Llanarmon Dyffryn Ceiriog]]
*[[Llanarmon Mynydd Mawr]]
*[[Llangadwaladr, Powys|Llangadwaladr]]
*[[Llangedwyn]]
*[[LlanrhaedrLlanrhaeadr ym Mochnant]]
*[[Glyn Ceiriog|Llansantffraid Glynceiriog]]
*[[LlansillanLlansilin]]
The rural district was abolished in [[1974]] by the [[Local Government Act 1972]], with its area becoming part of the [[Districts of Wales|district]] of [[Glyndŵr]], one of six districts in the new county of [[Clwyd]].
 
The rural district was abolished in [[1974]] by the [[Local Government Act 1972]], with its area becoming part of the [[Districts of Wales|district]] of [[Glyndŵr]], one of six districts in the new county of [[Clwyd]].
==Sources==
Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain)[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10134857&c_id=10001043]
 
==References==
[[Category:Denbighshire]]
* Denbighshire Administrative County (Vision of Britain)[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001021212/http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/relationships.jsp?u_id=10134857&c_id=10001043]
 
 
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[[Category:History of Denbighshire]]
[[Category:History of Wrexham County Borough]]
[[Category:Rural districts of Wales]]