List of Welsh principal areas
This is a list of the 22 principal areas of Wales.[1][2] A separate article shows basic population and area figures, while another article provides the proportion of Welsh speakers in each area.
| Area | Style | Created |
|---|---|---|
| Blaenau Gwent | County borough | 1996 |
| Bridgend | County borough | 1996 |
| Caerphilly | County borough | 1996 |
| Cardiff | City and county | 1996 a |
| Carmarthenshire | County | 1996 a |
| Ceredigion | County | 1996 |
| Conwy | County borough | 1996 |
| Denbighshire | County | 1996 ab |
| Flintshire | County | 1996 ab |
| Gwynedd * | County | 1974 b |
| Isle of Anglesey | County | 1996 a |
| Merthyr Tydfil | County borough | 1996 |
| Monmouthshire | County | 1996 a |
| Neath Port Talbot | County borough | 1996 |
| Newport | County borough/City c | 1996 a |
| Pembrokeshire | County | 1996 a |
| Powys | County | 1974 |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | County borough | 1996 |
| Swansea | City and county | 1996 a |
| Torfaen | County borough | 1996 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | County borough | 1996 |
| Wrexham | County borough | 1996 |
* = very briefly known as Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire in April 1996
a = re-instated aa a principal administrative authority after a gap
b = boundaries significantly altered in 1996 from its previous incarnation
c = granted city status in 2002
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Welsh Local Authority Links - WLGA". www.wlga.wales. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ^ "Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 - Schedule 1: The New Principal Areas". Legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives. 5 July 1994. Retrieved 2020-11-26.