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Swansea is a village in St. Clair County, Illinois. It is a part of the St. Louis metropolitan area and Metro East in southern Illinois. It is surrounded by the communities of Fairview Heights, Belleville, O’Fallon, and Shiloh. The population was 13,430 at the 2010 census, an increase from 10,579 in 2000.
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Skewen is also the birthplace of internationally successful singer Bonnie Tyler and Welsh composer David John de Lloyd (1883-1948). Comedian Eddie Izzard lived in the village for a short time during childhood. [1] The grandparents of the legendary American entrepreneur Howard Hughes are believed to have lived in Skewen in the 1930s.
Water from Lake Lorraine in Swansea, Illinois is creeping into a residence. Intense rains have dumped record levels of water on the St. Louis region. 10 a.m. Road closings in O’Fallon
The Llandarcy Oil Refinery, also known as the National Oil Refinery, BP Llandarcy and Skewen refinery, was the United Kingdom's first oil refinery, initially opened by the Anglo-Persian Oil Company (renamed the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company from 1935 and the British Petroleum Company from 1954) on 29 June 1922, although operations had begun on 1 July 1921. [1]
Illinois has a maximum north–south distance of 390 miles (630 km) and 210 miles (340 km) east-west. Total area is 57,918 square miles (150,010 km 2), ranked 25th in size of the 50 states. Water area is 2,325 square miles (6,020 km 2); Lake Michigan accounts for most of this.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 02:27, 11 February 2007: 3,453 × 6,157 (85 KB): Dual Freq: This is a map showing St. Louis Metro-East, 5 Illinois counties of the St. Louis MSA as described by the 2000 census.