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The Metropolitan Borough of Wigan is a metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester , in North-West England.
It is named after the former county and includes the towns and villages of Ely , part of Ashton-in-Mackerfield , Abram , Ins-in-Mackerfield , Hindley, Orrell , Standish , Atherton, Tyldesley , Golborne, Lawton , Billing , Astley , Hay and Aspall . The town was formed in 1974 and is an amalgamation of several districts and parishes that previously belonged to local governments. The district has three civil parishes and is located immediately west of the city of Salford and southwest of the metropolitan borough of Bolton .