List of Welsh principal areas by population

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List of Welsh principal areas by population

This is a list of principal areas of Wales
Subdivisions of Wales

For local government purposes, Wales is divided into 22 unitary authorities, which are responsible for the provision of all local government services, including education, social work, environment and roads services....
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Rank	District	Population	Style
1	Cardiff Cardiff Cardiff is the Capital , largest city and most populous Unitary authority#Wales in Wales. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for many national cultural and sport institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of Welsh Assembly Government ....	321,000	City and county
2	Rhondda Cynon Taff Rhondda Cynon Taff Rhondda Cynon Taff, or RCT , is a county borough#Wales in the preserved counties of Wales of Mid Glamorgan, Wales.The county borough borders Merthyr Tydfil and Caerphilly to the east, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to the south, Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot to the west and Powys to the north....	233,700	County borough
3	Swansea Swansea Swansea is a City status in the United Kingdom and subdivisions of Wales in Wales. Swansea is in the Historic counties of Wales of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower peninsula and the Lliw uplands....	228,100	City and county
4	Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire is a subdivisions of Wales in the South West Wales of Wales and one of thirteen counties of Wales. Its three largest towns are Carmarthen, Llanelli and Ammanford....	179,500	County
5	Caerphilly Caerphilly (county borough) Caerphilly is a local government Principal areas of Wales in southern Wales, straddling the Historic counties of Wales between Glamorgan and Monmouthshire....	171,800	County borough
6	Flintshire Flintshire Flintshire is a Principal areas of Wales and county in north-east Wales. It borders Cheshire, Denbighshire, and Wrexham . It is named for the Flintshire , which had notably different borders....	150,500	County
7	Newport Newport Newport is a City status in the United Kingdom and Administrative divisions of Wales in Wales, in the United Kingdom. Standing on the banks of the River Usk, located roughly between Cardiff and Bristol, it is the cultural capital and largest urban area in the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire and is governed by the unitary authori...	140,200	City and county
8	Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot Neath Port Talbot is a county borough#Wales and one of the Principal areas of Wales of Wales. Neath Port Talbot is the 8th most List of Welsh principal areas by population in Wales and the third most populous county borough....	137,400	County borough
9	Bridgend Bridgend (county borough) Bridgend is a county borough in the historic area of Glamorgan, South Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl....	133,900	County borough
10	Powys Powys Powys is a local-government Principal areas of Wales and preserved counties of Wales in Wales....	132,000	County
11	Wrexham Wrexham (county borough) Wrexham is a county borough centred on the town of Wrexham in north-east Wales. The county borough has a population of 130,200 inhabitants. Just under half of the population live either within the town of Wrexham or its surrounding conurbation of urban villages....	131,900	County borough
12	Vale of Glamorgan Vale of Glamorgan The Vale of Glamorgan is an exceptionally rich agricultural area in the southern part of Glamorgan, Wales. It has a rugged coastline, but its rolling countryside is quite atypical of Wales as a whole....	124,000	County borough
13	Gwynedd Gwynedd Gwynedd is a Administrative divisions of Wales in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although one of the biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated....	118,400	County
14	Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire is a county in the South West Wales of Wales in the United Kingdom....	117,900	County
15	Conwy Conwy (county borough) The county borough#Wales of Conwy is a Local government in Wales Principal areas of Wales in North Wales Wales....	111,700	County borough
16	Denbighshire Denbighshire Denbighshire is a principal area and county in North Wales. It is named after the Denbighshire , but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales....	97,000	County
17	Torfaen Torfaen Torfaen is a county borough in Wales within the Historic counties of Wales of Monmouthshire . It was originally formed in 1974 as a district of the counties of Wales of Gwent and in 1996 it was reconstituted as a Local government in Wales....	91,100	County borough
18	Monmouthshire Monmouthshire Monmouthshire is a principal area in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covers a larger area....	88,200	County
19	Ceredigion Ceredigion Ceredigion is a Principal areas of Wales and former kingdom in mid-west Wales. In extent it is more or less identical to the historic county of Cardiganshire, and it was reconstituted as a county under that name in 1996, reverting to Ceredigion a day later....	77,800	County
20	Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent Blaenau Gwent is a county borough and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales. It borders the subdivisions of Wales of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the north....	69,200	County borough
21	Anglesey Anglesey Anglesey is an island and principal areas of Wales off the northwest coast of Wales, with a predominantly Welsh language-speaking population. It is connected to the mainland by two bridges spanning the Menai Strait: the original Menai Suspension Bridge , designed by Thomas Telford in 1826; and the newer reconstructed Britannia Bridge ; which...	69,000	County
22	Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil Merthyr Tydfil is a town and county borough in Wales, with a population of about 55,000. It was formerly in the historic county of Glamorgan. It is often referred to simply as 'Merthyr'....	55,600	County borough

List of Welsh principal areas by population

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