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List of Welsh principal areas 
Summary
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 first results of the 2021 census from the Office for National Statistics.[3]
| Principal area | Created | Population | Density (/km2) |
Area km2 |
Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 1996 a | 359,512 | 2,551 | 140 | County (also a city) |
| Swansea | 1996 a | 237,834 | 630 | 378 | County (also a city) |
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 1996 | 237,497 | 560 | 424 | County borough |
| Carmarthenshire | 1996 a | 188,191 | 79 | 2,370[4] | County |
| Caerphilly | 1996 | 176,005 | 635 | 278 | County borough |
| Newport | 1996 a | 159,658 | 838 | 190 | County borough (also a city) |
| Flintshire | 1996 ab | 155,076 | 353 | 438 | County |
| Bridgend | 1996 | 145,760 | 581 | 246 | County borough |
| Neath Port Talbot † | 1996 | 141,931 | 322 | 442 | County borough |
| Wrexham | 1996 | 135,132 | 268 | 498 | County borough (also a city) |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 1996 | 132,534 | 400 | 335 | County borough |
| Powys | 1974 | 133,557 | 26 | 5,180[5] | County |
| Pembrokeshire | 1996 a | 123,669 | 76 | 1,590 | County |
| Gwynedd * | 1974 b | 117,072 | 46 | 2,535[6] | County |
| Conwy ‡ | 1996 | 114,828 | 102 | 1,126 | County borough |
| Denbighshire | 1996 ab | 96,046 | 115 | 844 | County |
| Monmouthshire | 1996 ab | 93,194 | 110 | 850 | County |
| Torfaen | 1996 | 92,453 | 736 | 126 | County borough |
| Ceredigion § | 1996 | 70,658 | 40 | 1,795 | County |
| Isle of Anglesey | 1996 a | 68,944 | 97 | 711 | County |
| Blaenau Gwent | 1996 | 66,993 | 616 | 109 | County borough |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 1996 a | 58,866 | 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
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Population and household estimates, Wales: Census 2021 - Office for National Statistics". www.ons.gov.uk. Retrieved 2022-06-28.
- ^ "Carmarthenshire - Population Density (QS102EW)". UKCensusdata.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- ^ "Powys - Population Density (QS102EW)". UKCensusdata.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
- ^ "Gwynedd - Population Density (QS102EW)". UKCensusdata.com. Retrieved 2018-06-18.