Civil Parishes In The West Midlands (county)
A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the lowest unit of local government in England. There are 18 civil parishes in the ceremonial county of West Midlands, most of the county being unparished; Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton are completely unparished. At the 2001 census, there were 89,621 people living in the 18 parishes, accounting for 3.5 per cent of the county's population.
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