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The statistical region covers all of western Wales from Denbighshire in the north, to the South Wales Valleys and including Bridgend, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot, as well as the Isle of Anglesey off the north-west coast of Wales. [1] It covers an area of 1,240,000 hectares (12,400 km 2), with a coastline of 1,150 kilometres (710 mi).
The West Wales and the Valleys NUTS area also includes more westerly parts of North Wales as well as the South Wales Valleys. The preserved county of Dyfed covers what is generally considered to be West Wales; between 1974 and 1996, Dyfed was a county, with a county council and six district councils.
"West Wales" — Pembrokeshire and Carmarthenshire (excluding Llanelli). South Wales (West) — Llanelli, Swansea, Neath Port Talbot and parts of Bridgend County Borough; South Wales (Valleys) — Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly County Borough, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Torfaen, and parts of Bridgend County Borough.
The South Wales Valleys (Welsh: Cymoedd De Cymru) are a group of industrialised peri-urban valleys in South Wales. Most of the valleys run north–south, roughly parallel to each other. Commonly referred to as "The Valleys" (Welsh: Y Cymoedd), they stretch from Carmarthenshire in the west to Monmouthshire in the east; to the edge of the ...
The predicted size of this new city region is around 700,000 people who would live within 30 minutes drive from the centre of Swansea. [ 6 ] Following a Welsh Government commissioned report recommending the creation of the city region in July 2012, [ 7 ] the Swansea Bay city region was established on 18 July 2013.
There are four equivalent CJCs which may oversee the deals, and they also cover Mid Wales, North Wales, South East Wales, and South West Wales. The CJC's were established by The Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021. [8] CJCs have powers relating to economic well-being, strategic planning and the development of regional transport ...
South West Wales Tourism Partnership (SWWTP) [5] [6] Travel About Britain [7] West Cheshire & North Wales Chamber of Commerce [8] A different definition is used in the EU Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, which refers to South West Wales as a subdivision of West Wales and the Valleys comprising Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and ...
The two common definitions of Mid Wales and South West Wales. Mid and West Wales or Mid and South West Wales [1] is an ambiguous region of Wales that is sometimes used, consisting broadly of the preserved counties of Dyfed and Powys, sometimes Swansea and sometimes parts of Gwynedd. It is also used sometimes as replacement for the regions of ...