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The counties of Wales may refer to: Some principal areas of Wales; of the twenty-two, eleven are styled as "counties" Preserved counties of Wales, used for ceremonial purposes; Former administrative counties of Wales (those prior to 1996) — see History of local government in Wales; Historic counties of Wales; Maps:
There are 22 principal areas of Wales.They were established on 1 April 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (1994 c. 19). Eleven are styled "counties", including the cities of Cardiff and Swansea, and eleven are styled "county boroughs", including the cities of Newport and Wrexham.
They may be styled as either a "county" or a "county borough". Each principal area is overseen by a " principal council ", which may also adopt their principal area style, being called a "county council" ( Welsh : cyngor sir ) or a "county borough council" (Welsh: cyngor bwrdeistref sirol ).
County borough Conwy: Denbighshire: Sir Ddinbych 1996 [b] 96,558 115 300 837 323 County Ruthin: Monmouthshire: Sir Fynwy 1996 [b] 93,886 111 290 849 328 County Usk: Torfaen: 1996 92,860 739 1,910 126 49 County borough Pontypool: Ceredigion [g] 1996 71,610 40 100 1,785 689 County Aberaeron and Aberystwyth: Isle of Anglesey: Ynys Môn 1996 [a ...
English: Map of Wales coloured in blue in the 16 revised proposal boundaries for the new Senedd constituencies for the next Senedd election, proposed as a revised proposal by the Democracy and Boundary Commission Cymru on 17 December 2024. The proposed are pairings of the 32 UK constituencies.
The North Welsh are sometimes referred to, in Wenglish, as Gogs (from the Welsh gogledd, "north") and the south Welsh as Hwntws (from tu hwnt roughly meaning 'far away over there' or 'beyond'). There are differences in the Welsh vocabulary between the north and south; for instance, the south Welsh word for now is nawr whereas the north Welsh is ...
Map of the four city regions; North (pink); Mid (yellow); Swansea Bay (purple); and Cardiff (orange) North Wales Economic Ambition Board — consisting the principal areas of: Conwy County Borough, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Isle of Anglesey, and Wrexham County Borough, in the north of Wales. (A common definition of North Wales).
Preserved counties of Wales (2022) [6] Name Comprises Area (km 2) Population Density (/km 2) Clwyd: Conwy Denbighshire Flintshire Wrexham: 2,906 501,561 173 Dyfed: Carmarthenshire Ceredigion Pembrokeshire: 5,774 385,094 67 Gwent: Blaenau Gwent Caerphilly Monmouthshire Newport Torfaen: 1,551 591,396 381 Gwynedd (preserved county) Gwynedd (county ...