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In Wales, as in England and Northern Ireland, a town is any settlement which has received a charter of incorporation, more commonly known as a town charter, approved by the monarch [citation needed]. Fifty-five boroughs in Wales were given parliamentary representation in 1536, but the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 recognised only 20 Welsh ...
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The list of standardised Welsh place-names is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.
Pages in category "Lists of standardised Welsh place-names" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Name in English Name in Welsh Principal area (Welsh name) Year granted or confirmed Image Administrative Population [1] Urban Population (2021) [2] Cardiff: Caerdydd City and County of Cardiff (Dinas a Sir Caerdydd) 1905 [3] Cardiff Castle: 359,512 (county) 348,535 (built-up area) Swansea: Abertawe City and County of Swansea (Dinas a Sir ...
Location of the modern county of Gwynedd in Wales. The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Gwynedd, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.
At 58 characters it is the longest place name in the United Kingdom and second longest official one-word place name in the world. SEE MORE: Watch Naomi Watts pronounce the longest town name in Britain
Location of Pembrokeshire in Wales. The list of standardised Welsh place-names, for places in Pembrokeshire, is a list compiled by the Welsh Language Commissioner to recommend the standardisation of the spelling of Welsh place-names, particularly in the Welsh language and when multiple forms are used, although some place-names in English were also recommended to be matched with the Welsh.