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Ceremonial divisions of Wales for lieutenancy and shrievalty purposes
The Preserved Counties (Wales)
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Category
| Lieutenancy areas
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Location
| Wales
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Created by
| Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19)
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Created
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Number
| 8
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The
preserved counties of Wales
(
Welsh
:
siroedd cadwedig
) are the eight current areas used in
Wales
for the ceremonial purposes of
lieutenancy
and
shrievalty
. They are based on the
counties
which were used for local government and other purposes between 1974 and 1996. Each comprises one or more of the 22 single-tier
principal areas
which are used for administrative purposes.
Usage
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The
Local Government (Wales) Act 1994
abolished the eight ceremonial counties created by the
Local Government Act 1972
. However, it created the concept of preserved counties based on their areas, to be used for purposes such as
lieutenancy
. This usage was
consolidated
by the
Lieutenancies Act 1997
.
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Certain statutes already in force were amended to include reference to them.
Boundary changes
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The preserved counties were originally almost identical to the 1974?96 counties, but with a few minor changes in line with local government boundary changes:
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
,
Llansilin
and
Llangedwyn
were transferred from
Clwyd
to
Powys
, and
Wick
,
St Brides Major
,
Ewenny
and
Pentyrch
were transferred from
Mid Glamorgan
to
South Glamorgan
. There were however two local government areas,
Caerphilly
and
Conwy
, split between preserved counties.
The Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales were instructed by the
National Assembly for Wales
on 11 March 2002 to undertake a review of preserved county boundaries. In their final proposals the part of the local government area of
Caerphilly
which had been in Mid Glamorgan was to be part of Gwent and the part of the local government area of
Conwy
which had been in
Gwynedd
was to be part of
Clwyd
. The boundary between Mid Glamorgan and South Glamorgan was also to be re-aligned to reflect small changes in local government boundaries.
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The Assembly accepted these proposals such that from 2 April 2003 each preserved county encompassed between one and five whole local government areas.
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The boundary between West Glamorgan and Powys was further modified on 1 April 2005 as a result of boundary changes between Ystalyfera and Ystradgynlais.
[4]
The boundary between Mid Glamorgan and Powys was further modified on 1 April 2010 to reflect the 2009 local government boundary changes in the area around
Vaynor
,
Merthyr Tydfil
.
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List
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The population figures are mid-year estimates for 2007 from the
Office for National Statistics
, grouping component unitary authority area figures into their respective preserved counties.
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Name
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Comprises
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Area (km
2
)
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Population
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Clwyd
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Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Wrexham
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2,910
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491,100
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Dyfed
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Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Pembrokeshire
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5,780
|
375,200
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Gwent
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Blaenau Gwent
Caerphilly
Monmouthshire
Newport
Torfaen
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1,553
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560,500
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Gwynedd (preserved county)
|
Gwynedd (county)
Isle of Anglesey
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3,262
|
187,400
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Mid Glamorgan
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Bridgend
Merthyr Tydfil
Rhondda Cynon Taf
|
781
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423,200
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Powys
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Powys
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5,196
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132,000
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South Glamorgan
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Cardiff
Vale of Glamorgan
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475
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445,000
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West Glamorgan
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Neath Port Talbot
Swansea
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820
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365,500
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See also
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References
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