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Unitary Authorities of Wales

For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 9 counties, 3 cities, and 10 county boroughs. Collectively these are known as the principal areas of Wales.

They succeded what are now known as the preserved counties of Wales as local government boundaries on April 1, 1996. The pre-1974 divisions were based on the traditional counties of Wales but several areas were independent county boroughs.

See: List of Welsh principal areas by population

Subdivisions of Wales
areas are Counties unless stated

  1. Merthyr Tydfil (County Borough)
  2. Caerphilly (County Borough)
  3. Blaenau Gwent (County Borough)
  4. Torfaen (County Borough)
  5. Monmouthshire
  6. Newport (City)
  7. Cardiff (City)
  8. Vale of Glamorgan (County Borough)
  9. Bridgend (County Borough)
  10. Rhondda Cynon Taf (County Borough)
  11. Neath Port Talbot (County Borough)
  12. Swansea (City)
  13. Carmarthenshire
  14. Ceredigion
  15. Powys
  16. Wrexham (County Borough)
  17. Flintshire
  18. Denbighshire
  19. Conwy (County Borough)
  20. Gwynedd
  21. Anglesey
  22. Pembrokeshire

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History

In 1974 new administrative regions of Wales called counties were created to replace the previous system of 13 counties and 4 county boroughs. These were two-tier authorities. These and there districts were as follows

The makeup of these districts into the current UAs is as follows

UAPrevious districts
AngelseyAngelsey
Bleanau Gwentmost of Bleanau Gwent
BridgendMost of Ogwy
CaerphillyIslwyn and Rhymney Valley
CamarthenshireCamarthen, Llanelli, Dinefwr
CardiffCardiff, part of Taff-Ely
CeredigionArfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd
ConwyAberconwy, most of Colwyn
DenbighshireRhuddlan, bits of Glyndwyr and part of Colwyn
FlintshireAlyn, Deeside, Delyn
MonmouthshireMonmouth, bit of Blaenau Gwent
Neath Port TalbotNeath, Port Talbot, and bits of Lliw Valley
NewportNewport
PembrokeshirePreseli, South Pembrokeshire
PowysMontgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknock, part of Glyndwyr
Rhondda Cynon TafRhondda, Cynon Valley, most of Taff-Ely
SwanseaSwansea, bits of Lliw Valley
TorfaenTorfaen
Vale of Glamorganmost of Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexhammost of Wrexham, bits of Glyndwyr

See also: Subdivisions of the United Kingdom, Counties of Wales

References

Referenced By

Caernarfonshire | Caernarvonshire | ISO 3166-1:GB | ISO 3166-2:GB | List of subnational entities | Subdivisions of the United Kingdom | U.K. | UKia | United Kindom | United Kingdom | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

 

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