You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (May 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
This article is part of a series within the Politics of the United Kingdom on the |
Politics of Wales |
---|
This is a list of the 22 principal areas of Wales[1][2] giving their most recent date of creation and the style by which they are known.
The population and density are from the Office for National Statistics 2022 estimates.[3]
Principal area | Created | Population | Density (/km2) |
Area km2 |
Type |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiff | 1996 a | 372,089 | 2,641 | 140 | County (also a city) |
Swansea | 1996 a | 241,282 | 639 | 378 | County (also a city) |
Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1996 | 239,018 | 564 | 424 | County borough |
Carmarthenshire | 1996 a | 189,117 | 80 | 2,370[4] | County |
Caerphilly | 1996 | 176,130 | 635 | 278 | County borough |
Newport | 1996 a | 161,506 | 848 | 190 | County borough (also a city) |
Flintshire | 1996 ab | 155,319 | 353 | 438 | County |
Bridgend | 1996 | 146,136 | 583 | 246 | County borough |
Neath Port Talbot † | 1996 | 142,158 | 322 | 442 | County borough |
Wrexham | 1996 | 135,394 | 269 | 498 | County borough (also a city) |
Vale of Glamorgan | 1996 | 133,492 | 403 | 335 | County borough |
Powys | 1974 | 133,891 | 26 | 5,180[5] | County |
Pembrokeshire | 1996 a | 124,367 | 77 | 1,590 | County |
Gwynedd * | 1974 b | 117,591 | 46 | 2,535[6] | County |
Conwy ‡ | 1996 | 114,290 | 102 | 1,126 | County borough |
Denbighshire | 1996 ab | 96,558 | 115 | 844 | County |
Monmouthshire | 1996 ab | 93,886 | 111 | 850 | County |
Torfaen | 1996 | 92,860 | 739 | 126 | County borough |
Ceredigion § | 1996 | 71,610 | 40 | 1,795 | County |
Isle of Anglesey | 1996 a | 69,049 | 97 | 711 | County |
Blaenau Gwent | 1996 | 67,014 | 616 | 109 | County borough |
Merthyr Tydfil | 1996 a | 58,883 | 528 | 111 | County borough |
* = Named as 'Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire' in legislation. Name changed by the council.
† = Named as 'Neath and Port Talbot' in legislation. Name changed by the council.
‡ = Named as 'Aberconwy and Colwyn' in legislation. Name changed by the council.
§ = Named as 'Cardiganshire' in legislation. Name changed by the council.
a = re-instated as a principal administrative authority after a gap
b = boundaries significantly altered in 1996 from its previous incarnation
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search