Wiltshire (district)

Wiltshire
Unitary authority area
Clockwise from top: Salisbury Cathedral; Trowbridge Town Hall; Lacock Abbey; Stonehenge; and Chippenham Market Place
Coat of arms
Shown within the ceremonial county of Wiltshire
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Coordinates: 51°21′07″N 1°58′41″W / 51.352°N 1.978°W / 51.352; -1.978
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	South West England
County	Wiltshire
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Wiltshire Council
• Council Leader	Richard Clewer
Population  (2022)
• Total	515,885 (Ranked 11th)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 94.3% White 2.1% Asian 1.7% Mixed 1.1% Black 0.7% other
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 50.2% Christianity 41.3% no religion 0.7% Islam 0.5% Hinduism 0.5% Buddhism 0.1% Sikhism 0.1% Judaism 0.6% other 6.0% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SP, SN4-6, SN8-14, BA2, BA12-15, RG17
Post town	Bath, Salisbury, Swindon and Reading
Dialling code	01249 and others
ISO 3166 code	GB-WIL
Police	Wiltshire Police
Fire	Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service
Ambulance	South Western
Website	www.wiltshire.gov.uk

Wiltshire is a unitary authority area^[2][3] in the ceremonial county of Wiltshire,^[4] South West England. It was formed in April 2009 following the abolition of Wiltshire County Council and the districts of Kennet, North Wiltshire, Salisbury, and West Wiltshire. They were all replaced by Wiltshire Council,^[5] which is based at County Hall in Trowbridge. The remaining part of the ceremonial county is the Borough of Swindon, administered by a separate unitary authority. In 2022 it had a population of 515,885.

Salisbury is the only city in the district and its largest settlement.^[6] After the city, the next largest urban areas are Chippenham and Trowbridge.