Llangollen Rural District

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Llangollen
Area
  190123,295 acres (94.27 km2)
  193123,295 acres (94.27 km2)
Population
  19013,521
  19313,464
History
  Created1894
  Abolished1935
  Succeeded by Ruthin Rural District
Wrexham Rural District
Status Rural District

Llangollen was a rural district in the administrative county of Denbighshire, Wales, from 1894 to 1935. The rural district comprised part of the existing Corwen Rural Sanitary District, and consisted of three civil parishes:

The district was abolished by a County Review Order in 1935, most of the area passing to Wrexham Rural District, and a small part to Ruthin Rural District.

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