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Local authority

Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council

About this entity

Fact links
CURIE local-authority:WGN no fact link
Prefix local-authority Facts about Prefix
Reference WGN Facts about Reference
Name Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council Facts about Name
Quality Some: We have some data from an alternative source no fact link
Dataset Local authority no fact link
Organisation Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council no fact link
Start date 1974-04-01 Facts about Start date
End date Facts about End date
Entry date 2025-02-19 Facts about Entry date
Typology organisation no fact link
Region E12000002 Facts about Region
Twitter @WiganCouncil Facts about Twitter
Website https://www.wigan.gov.uk Facts about Website
Wikidata Q7999507 Facts about Wikidata
Wikipedia Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council Facts about Wikipedia
Billing authority E4210 Facts about Billing authority
Combined authority GMCA Facts about Combined authority
Local authority type MD Facts about Local authority type
Parliament thesaurus 94803 Facts about Parliament thesaurus
Addressbase custodian 4250 Facts about Addressbase custodian
Statistical geography E08000010 Facts about Statistical geography
Local resilience forum greater-manchester Facts about Local resilience forum
Open Data Communities URI http://opendatacommunities.org/id/metropolitan-district-council/wigan Facts about Open Data Communities URI
Local Authority District E08000010 Facts about Local Authority District
Local planning authority E60000034 Facts about Local planning authority

Contents 

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        "entry-date": "2025-02-19",
        "start-date": "1974-04-01",
        "end-date": "",
        "entity": 367,
        "name": "Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council",
        "dataset": "local-authority",
        "typology": "organisation",
        "reference": "WGN",
        "prefix": "local-authority",
        "organisation-entity": 367,
        "geometry": "",
        "point": "",
        "quality": "some",
        "region": "E12000002",
        "twitter": "WiganCouncil",
        "website": "https://www.wigan.gov.uk",
        "wikidata": "Q7999507",
        "wikipedia": "Wigan_Metropolitan_Borough_Council",
        "billing-authority": "E4210",
        "combined-authority": "GMCA",
        "local-authority-type": "MD",
        "parliament-thesaurus": "94803",
        "addressbase-custodian": "4250",
        "statistical-geography": "E08000010",
        "local-resilience-forum": "greater-manchester",
        "opendatacommunities-uri": "http://opendatacommunities.org/id/metropolitan-district-council/wigan",
        "local-authority-district": "E08000010",
        "local-planning-authority": "E60000034"
    }

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