Subdivisions of Wales (original) (raw)

The Unitary Authorities of the Welsh Principal Areas are the subdivisions of Wales, United Kingdom. They succeded what are now known as the preserved counties of Wales as local government boundaries in 1994, which were introduced to replaced the administrative counties of Wales in 1974. The previous divisions were based on the traditional counties of Wales but several areas were independent county boroughs.

The areas are administratively identical, but style themselves variously.

List

Cities

County Boroughs

Counties

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

UA Previous districts
Angelsey Angelsey
Bleanau Gwent most of Bleanau Gwent
Bridgend Most of Ogwy
Caerphilly Islwyn and Rhymney Valley
Camarthenshire Camarthen, Llanelli, Dinefwr
Cardiff Cardiff, part of Taff-Ely
Ceredigion Arfon, Dwyfor, Meirionnydd
Conwy Aberconwy, most of Colwyn
Denbighshire Rhuddlan, bits of Glyndwyr and part of Colwyn
Flintshire Alyn, Deeside, Delyn
Monmouthshire Monmouth, bit of Blaenau Gwent
Neath Port Talbot Neath, Port Talbot, and bits of Lliw Valley
Newport Newport
Pembrokeshire Preseli, South Pembrokeshire
Powys Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknock, part of Glyndwyr
Rhondda Cynon Taf Rhondda, Cynon Valley, most of Taff-Ely
Swansea Swansea, bits of Lliw Valley
Torfaen Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan most of Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham most of Wrexham, bits of Glyndwyr

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

References