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PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
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- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Bridgend
County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
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AreaSurface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has, expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved then the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces...
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Ranked 17th
246 km²
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Bridgend Bridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
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- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Bridgend
County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
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AreaSurface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has, expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved then the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces...
- Total
- % Water |
Ranked 17th
246 km²
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Bridgend Bridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of the United Kingdom .Currently the following subdivisions are assigned codes:* England:** 34...
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| ONS code The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
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PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
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- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Bridgend
County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
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| Geography |
AreaSurface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has, expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved then the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces...
- Total
- % Water |
Ranked 17th
246 km²
? % |
| Admin HQ |
Bridgend Bridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of the United Kingdom .Currently the following subdivisions are assigned codes:* England:** 34...
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GB-BGE |
| ONS code The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
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PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
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- ({{Welsh council population|TXT=Year}})
- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Ranked
Bridgend
County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
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| Geography |
AreaSurface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has, expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved then the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces...
- Total
- % Water |
Ranked 17th
246 km²
? % |
| Admin HQ |
Bridgend Bridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of the United Kingdom .Currently the following subdivisions are assigned codes:* England:** 34...
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GB-BGE |
| ONS code The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
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00PB |
| Demographics |
PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
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- ({{Welsh council population|TXT=Year}})
- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Ranked {{Welsh council population
{{Welsh council population>POP=00PB}}
Ranked {{Welsh council population
{{Welsh council population|DEN=00PB}} / km² |
| Ethnicity |
98.4% White. |
Welsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh border and in the Welsh immigrant colony in the Chubut Valley in Argentine Patagonia....
- Any skills |
Ranked 14th
19.9% |
| Politics |
Bridgend County Borough Council
http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/ |
| Control |
ONS=00PB}} |
| MPs |
- Huw Irranca-Davies
Huw Irranca-Davies, formerly Ifor Huw Davies, is a British Labour politician from Wales. He has been Member of Parliament for Ogmore since 2002. He adopted his wife's maiden name as part of his own surname when they married.After the death later in 2001 of Sir Ray Powell, Irranca-Davies was...
- Madeleine Moon
Madeleine Moon is the Labour Member of Parliament for Bridgend. She was elected in the 2005 general election, after Win Griffiths stood down.- Early Life :...
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Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county boroughCounty borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control. The Local Government Act 1972 abolished them in England and Wales, but they are still used in the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
in the historic area of GlamorganGlamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three preserved...
, south WalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
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Bridgend
County Borough
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Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
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| Geography |
AreaSurface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has, expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved then the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces...
- Total
- % Water |
Ranked 17th
246 km²
? % |
| Admin HQ |
Bridgend Bridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of the United Kingdom .Currently the following subdivisions are assigned codes:* England:** 34...
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GB-BGE |
| ONS code The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
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00PB |
| Demographics |
PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
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- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Ranked
Bridgend
County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
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| Geography |
AreaSurface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has, expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved then the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces...
- Total
- % Water |
Ranked 17th
246 km²
? % |
| Admin HQ |
Bridgend Bridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of the United Kingdom .Currently the following subdivisions are assigned codes:* England:** 34...
|
GB-BGE |
| ONS code The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
|
00PB |
| Demographics |
PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
:
- ({{Welsh council population|TXT=Year}})
- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
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Ranked
Bridgend
County Borough
Bwrdeistref Sirol
Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr
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| Geography |
AreaSurface area is the measure of how much exposed area a solid object has, expressed in square units. Mathematical description of the surface area is considerably more involved then the definition of arc length of a curve. For polyhedra the surface area is the sum of the areas of its faces...
- Total
- % Water |
Ranked 17th
246 km²
? % |
| Admin HQ |
Bridgend Bridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
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| ISO 3166-2 ISO 3166-2:GB is the entry in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of the United Kingdom .Currently the following subdivisions are assigned codes:* England:** 34...
|
GB-BGE |
| ONS code The Office for National Statistics coding system is a hierarchical code used in the United Kingdom for tabulating census and other statistical data.-Authorities, wards, and census areas:...
|
00PB |
| Demographics |
PopulationIn biology, a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular species; in sociology, a collection of human beings. Individuals within a population share a factor may be reduced by statistical means, but such a generalization may be too vague to imply anything...
:
- ({{Welsh council population|TXT=Year}})
- DensityThe density of a material is defined as its mass per unit volume. The symbol of density is ρ .- Formula :Mathematically:where: is the density, is the mass, is the volume....
|
Ranked {{Welsh council population
{{Welsh council population>POP=00PB}}
Ranked {{Welsh council population
{{Welsh council population|DEN=00PB}} / km² |
| Ethnicity |
98.4% White. |
Welsh languageWelsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic spoken natively in Wales, in England by some along the Welsh border and in the Welsh immigrant colony in the Chubut Valley in Argentine Patagonia....
- Any skills |
Ranked 14th
19.9% |
| Politics |
Bridgend County Borough Council
http://www.bridgend.gov.uk/ |
| Control |
ONS=00PB}} |
| MPs |
- Huw Irranca-Davies
Huw Irranca-Davies, formerly Ifor Huw Davies, is a British Labour politician from Wales. He has been Member of Parliament for Ogmore since 2002. He adopted his wife's maiden name as part of his own surname when they married.After the death later in 2001 of Sir Ray Powell, Irranca-Davies was...
- Madeleine Moon
Madeleine Moon is the Labour Member of Parliament for Bridgend. She was elected in the 2005 general election, after Win Griffiths stood down.- Early Life :...
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Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county boroughCounty borough is a term introduced in 1889 in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland , to refer to a borough or a city independent of county council control. The Local Government Act 1972 abolished them in England and Wales, but they are still used in the Republic of Ireland and Northern...
in the historic area of GlamorganGlamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three preserved...
, south WalesWales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom, bordered by England to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It is also an elective region of the European Union...
. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of BridgendBridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
, after which it is named, MaestegMaesteg is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, lying at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with the county boroughs of Neath Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taff...
, and the seaside town of PorthcawlPorthcawl is a town on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles south-east of Swansea...
. Its member of the National Assembly for WalesThe National Assembly for Wales is a devolved assembly with power to make legislation in Wales. The Assembly comprises 60 members, who are known as Assembly Members, or AMs...
is Carwyn JonesCarwyn Howell Jones AM, , is the Labour Assembly Member for Bridgend. In the coalition government of Labour and Plaid Cymru, was appointed Counsel General for Wales and Leader of the House on 19 July 2007. Along with a number of other Assembly Members, he is a fluent Welsh speaker...
, and its Member of ParliamentA Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a parliament. In many countries the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a unique title, such as senate, and thus also have unique titles for its members, such as senators. Members of...
is Madeleine MoonMadeleine Moon is the Labour Member of Parliament for Bridgend. She was elected in the 2005 general election, after Win Griffiths stood down.- Early Life :...
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The county borough lies at the geographical heart of south Wales. Its land area of 285 square kilometres stretches 20 km from east to west and occupies the Llynfi, Garw and Ogmore valleys. The largest town is Bridgend (pop: 39,773), followed by Maesteg (pop: 20,700) and seaside resort of Porthcawl (pop: 19,238). * census 2001
It is based around the Ogmore River and its tributaries, although the EwennyEwenny is a village on the Ewenny River in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.Over the years the village has grown into the neighbouring village of Corntown to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundary between the two. The nearest town of significant size is Bridgend, 3.5 miles / 5.6...
and Ogwr Fach rivers are considered the border with the Vale of GlamorganThe Vale of Glamorgan is a county borough in Wales; an exceptionally rich agricultural area, it lies in in the southern part of Glamorgan, south Wales...
for much of their length.
It was formed on 1 April 1996 under the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994The Local Government Act 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which created the current local government structure in Wales of 22 unitary authority areas, referred to as principal areas in the act, and abolished the previous two-tier structure of counties and districts...
. It includes all of the former OgwrThe Borough of Ogwr was one of six districts of Mid Glamorgan in Wales, which existed from 1974 to 1996.It was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 from the urban districts of Bridgend, Maesteg, Ogmore and Garw and Porthcawl, along with Penybont Rural District from the administrative county...
borough apart from the communities of WickWick is a small village in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales, situated about two miles from the coast. The closest towns are Llantwit Major, Cowbridge and Bridgend.- Amenities :...
, St Bride's Major and EwennyEwenny is a village on the Ewenny River in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.Over the years the village has grown into the neighbouring village of Corntown to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundary between the two. The nearest town of significant size is Bridgend, 3.5 miles / 5.6...
, which went to Vale of Glamorgan.
Government
The region is governed by Bridgend County Borough CouncilBridgend County Borough Council is the governing body for Bridgend County Borough, one of the Principal Areas of Wales.-Electoral divisions:...
. It is currently in the control of the Liberal DemocratsThe Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems or just Liberals, are a centre-left political party in the United Kingdom, formed in 1988 by a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party; the two parties had been in alliance for seven years, from shortly after the formation of...
with an alliance of independents and ConservativesThe Conservative and Unionist Party, more commonly known as the Conservatives, the Conservative Party, or Tory Party is a conservative political party in the United Kingdom...
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Schools
There are 10 secondary schoolSecondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of compulsory schooling, known as secondary education, takes place. It follows on from elementary or primary education....
s in Bridgend County Borough:
- Porthcawl Comprehensive School, Porthcawl
Porthcawl is a town on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 miles west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 miles south-east of Swansea...
- Archbishop McGrath Catholic School, Tondu
Tondu is a town in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales, located about north of the town of Bridgend.Tondu lies on the A4063 from Bridgend to Maesteg, and was established in the late 18th century as a coal mining village servicing the Parc Slip colliery...
- Bryntirion Comprehensive School, Cefn Glas
Cefn Glas is an area of the town of Bridgend, Wales.In the 2001 Census, Cefn Glas had a population of 1,742 people, making up 1.35% of Bridgend's total population.- External links :*...
, BridgendBridgend is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend in Wales. It is roughly equidistant between the cities of Cardiff and Swansea. The river crossed by the original bridge, which gave the town its name, is the River Ogmore but the River Ewenny also passes to the south of the town...
- Brynteg Comprehensive School
Brynteg Comprehensive School is a large secondary school / comprehensive school on Ewenny Road in the town of Bridgend, Wales...
, Bridgend
- Pencoed Comprehensive School, Pencoed
Pencoed , is a town in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales, mid-way between Wales's two largest cities of Cardiff and Swansea....
- Maesteg Comprehensive School
Maesteg Comprehensive School is a comprehensive school situated in the town of Maesteg in the South Wales Valleys of south-eastern Wales. It is also known as just Maesteg School.. As from February 2008 the official name will be Ysgol Maesteg School. The shorter name was brought in by current...
, MaestegMaesteg is a town in the County Borough of Bridgend, Wales, lying at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with the county boroughs of Neath Port Talbot and Rhondda Cynon Taff...
- Ogmore Comprehensive School, Bryncethin
Bryncethin is a small village located just north of the M4, Junction 36 in Bridgend county borough, Wales. Situated approximately 3 miles north of Bridgend, it is surrounded by the villages of Sarn, Brynmenyn, Aberkenfig, Abergarw, Tondu and Ynysawdre....
- Cynffig Comprehensive School, Kenfig Hill
- Ynysawdre Comprehensive School, Ynysawdre
- Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd, Llangynwyd
Llangynwyd is a village 2 miles to the south of Maesteg, in the county borough of Bridgend, Wales. It was part of the medieval cwmwd of Tir Iarll.- History & Amenities :The 2001 census gave the population as 2,843...
Young people suicides
{{mergefrom|Bridgend suicide incidents|discuss=Talk:Bridgend#Merger proposal|date=June 2008}}
The Bridgend area gained prominence in 2007-8 after an unusually high number of suicideSuicide is the intentional killing of one's self. Many dictionaries also note the metaphorical sense of "willful destruction of one's self-interest"...
s among young people were reported as taking place in the area. From Late February 2007 to August 2008, 24 young people from Bridgend committed suicide. Police and coroners have denied any link between the deaths.
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