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The principal areas of Wales, comprising the counties and county boroughs of Wales, are a form of subdivision in Wales. There are currently 22 principal areas in Wales, and they were established in 1996. They are a single-tier form of local government, each governed by a principal council.
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.
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:
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 ...
Station closed between 1812–1826 and again 1828-1851. A boathouse built in 1884 still stands. [15] St Agnes, IOS: St Agnes, Isles of Scilly: 1890–1920 Boathouse now used as a store. [16] Hayle: Hayle, Cornwall: 1866–1920 After closure, boat house moved, used as a store, then demolished about 1980. [17] Now a builders yard, no evidence ...
Powys is divided into two constituencies of the House of Commons of the UK Parliament (Westminster), which are also used for elections to the Senedd. [ n 1 ] The current boundaries have been effective since the 2007 National Assembly for Wales election and the 2010 UK general election .
When a county borough expanded into territory of a county that was not the one it came from, maps sometimes showed this as an increase in size of the county which the county borough was associated with. Monmouthshire, not shown on the map, was reckoned for some legal purposes among the English counties for most of this period.
The Home Farm at Penrhos was bought by Captain Nigel Conant, the estate's land agent, who continued to farm some 500 acres (200 ha) until its sale in 1969—for the development of the Anglesey Aluminium smelting plant. Anglesey Aluminium granted public access in 1972 under the direction of Ken Williams, a local policeman and amateur naturalist.