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Mold (Welsh: Yr Wyddgrug ⓘ) is a town and community in Flintshire, Wales, on the River Alyn. It is the county town and administrative seat of Flintshire County Council , as it was of Clwyd from 1974 to 1996.
Map of places in Flintshire compiled from this list See the list of places in Wales for places in other principal areas. This is a list of towns and villages in the principal area of Flintshire , Wales .
County borough, city Newport: Flintshire: Sir y Fflint 1996 [b] 155,319 353 910 440 170 County Mold: Bridgend: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr 1996 146,136 583 1,510 251 97 County borough Bridgend: Neath Port Talbot [c] Castell-nedd Port Talbot 1996 142,158 322 830 441 170 County borough Port Talbot: Wrexham: Wrecsam 1996 135,394 269 700 504 195 County ...
The current administrative area of Flintshire (a unitary authority and Principal area) came into existence in 1996, when the former administrative counties in Wales were split into smaller areas. The principal area was formed by the merger of the Alyn and Deeside and Delyn districts. In terms of pre-1974 divisions, the area comprises:
Following the enacting of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, the pre-existing eight counties of Wales (now largely the ceremonial preserved counties of Wales) and its 37 districts in place since 1974 were replaced on 1 April 1996, with 22 unitary authorities, the "principal areas".
Cities listed are annotated as "(city)". Until the 16th century, a town was recognised as a city if it had a diocesan cathedral within its limits. The city of St Davids, with a population of about 2,000, received its city status in this way. St Asaph acquired city status in 2012 as part of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. [2
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.
Wales has seven cities as of September 2022. Bangor is Wales' oldest cathedral city, [1] whereas St Davids is the smallest city in the United Kingdom. [1] Cardiff is the capital city of Wales and its most-populous, followed by Swansea the second most-populous.