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Swansea (/ ˈ s w ɒ n z i / SWON-zee; Welsh: Abertawe [abɛrˈtawɛ]) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Swansea (Welsh: Dinas a Sir Abertawe). [4] The city is the twenty-fifth largest in the United Kingdom.
Swansea is a town in Bristol County in southeastern Massachusetts, United States. It is located at the mouth of the Taunton River , just west of Fall River , 47 miles (76 km) south of Boston , and 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Providence , Rhode Island .
The City and County of Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Dinas a Sir Abertawe), or simply Swansea Council (Welsh: Cyngor Abertawe), is the local authority for the city and county of Swansea, one of the principal areas of Wales. The principal area also includes rural areas to the north of the built-up area of Swansea and the Gower Peninsula to the ...
The new Swansea district was created on 1 April 1974 and covered the area of the former county borough of Swansea and the Gower Rural District, from the administrative county of Glamorgan. The new district inherited the city status of the former county borough and so was styled as the "City of Swansea", and was governed by Swansea City Council ...
This is a list of places in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales. Administrative divisions ... SA1 Swansea Waterfront; Penllergaer Business Park ...
County, city Cardiff: Swansea: Abertawe 1996 [a] 241,282 639 1,660 378 146 County, city Swansea: Rhondda Cynon Taf: 1996 239,018 564 1,460 424 164 County borough Pontypridd: Carmarthenshire: Sir Gaerfyrddin 1996 [a] 189,117 80 210 2,370 920 County Carmarthen: Caerphilly: Caerffili 1996 176,130 635 1,640 277 107 County borough Ystrad Mynach ...
Eleven are styled "counties", including the cities of Cardiff and Swansea, and eleven are styled "county boroughs", including the cities of Newport and Wrexham. [1] [2] [3] The location of each council headquarters is indicated by a yellow marker. County boroughs are marked by a dagger (†).
Gower (Welsh: Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula (Penrhyn Gŵyr) is in South West Wales and is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales. It projects towards the Bristol Channel. In 1956, the majority of Gower became the first area in the United Kingdom to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.