Shropshire
Unitary authority area
Clockwise from top: Shrewsbury; Ludlow from the castle; the Shropshire Hills; Market Drayton; and Oswestry
Coat of arms
Shown within the ceremonial county of Shropshire
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	England
Region	West Midlands
County	Shropshire
Unitary Authority	1 April 2009
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district
• Local Authority	Shropshire Council
• MPs	Julia Buckley (L) Stuart Anderson (C) Helen Morgan (LD) Mark Pritchard (C)
Population  (2022)
• Total	327,178 (Ranked 36th)
Ethnicity (2021) [1]
• Ethnic groups	List 96.7% White 1.3% Asian 1.2% Mixed 0.4% other 0.3% Black
Religion (2021) [1]
• Religion	List 55.5% Christianity 37% no religion 0.5% Islam 0.2% Hinduism 0.1% Judaism 0.2% Sikhism 0.3% Buddhism 0.5% other 5.9% not stated
Time zone	UTC+0 (Greenwich Mean Time)
Postcode	SY1-SY13, SY15, SY21, SY99, TF9, TF11-TF13, WV15-WV16, LL14, WR15
Post town	Shrewsbury and others
Dialling code	01743 and others
ISO 3166 code	GB-SHR
ONS code	17UD (ONS) E06000051 (GSS)
Website	shropshire.gov.uk

Shropshire is a unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of Shropshire,^[2] in the West Midlands region of England. It was created on 1 April 2009 from the former districts of Bridgnorth, North Shropshire, Oswestry, Shrewsbury and Atcham and South Shropshire.^[3] The district is governed by Shropshire Council. It contains 188 civil parishes.^[4]

The district covers the towns of Oswestry, Church Stretton, Craven Arms, Ellesmere, Wem, Whitchurch, Much Wenlock, Shifnal, Bridgnorth, Broseley, Clun, Knighton (part), Bishop's Castle, Cleobury Mortimer, Market Drayton and Shrewsbury.

The council has been under Conservative control since its creation in 2009, with the most recent elections taken place in 2021.