West Midlands (region)

This is sometimes considered to spread as far as Cheshire, Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. But the core area consists of the traditonal counties of

• Herefordshire
• Shropshire
• Staffordshire
• Warwickshire
• Worcestershire.

West Midlands Region
Administrative HQ	Birmingham
Area  - Total	Ranked 7th England 13,004 km²
Population  - Total (2001)  - Density	Ranked 5th England 5,267,337 405/km²

This same core area is now the official governmental West Midlands Region. It is administered by the following councils -

• Herefordshire
• (former Shropshire County Council)
  • Shropshire
  • Telford and Wrekin
• (former Staffordshire County Council)
  • Staffordshire
  • Stoke-on-Trent
• Warwickshire
• Worcestershire
• (former West Midlands metropolitan council)
  • Birmingham City Council
  • Coventry City Council
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Solihull
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton City Council

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