South Glamorgan

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South Glamorgan

South Glamorgan is a preserved county

Preserved counties of Wales

The Preserved counties of Wales are the current areas used in Wales for ceremonial purposes such as Lord-Lieutenant. They are based on the subdivisions of Wales created by the Local Government Act 1972 and used for local government and other purposes between 1974 and 1996....
of Wales

Wales

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It was originally formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
, as a county council area. It consisted of the county borough

County borough

County 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....
of 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 ....
along with the southern part of the administrative county of Glamorgan

Glamorgan

Glamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen Historic counties of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales of Wales. It was originally an early medieval monarchy of varying names and boundaries until taken over by the Anglo-Norman as a lordship....
, and also the parish of St Mellons

St Mellons

St Mellons is a district and suburb of Cardiff East Cardiff, the capital city of Wales....
from Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire , also known as the County of Monmouth , is one of thirteen Historic counties of Wales of Wales and a former Administrative divisions of Wales....
.

These areas were divided between two districts: Cardiff and 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....
(this was an unusually low number of districts to be created in a county in the Act: the only other being the Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

The Isle of Wight is an England island and county, located 3-8 km from the south coast of the mainland, in the English Channel. It is situated south of the county of Hampshire and is separated from mainland Britain by the Solent....
).

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South Glamorgan is a preserved county

Preserved counties of Wales

Wales

native_name = Cymru|conventional_long_name = Wales|common_name = Wales|image_flag = Flag of Wales 2.svg|national_motto = ...
.

It was originally formed in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972

Local Government Act 1972

County borough

County 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....
of Cardiff

Cardiff

Glamorgan

St Mellons

St Mellons is a district and suburb of Cardiff East Cardiff, the capital city of Wales....
from Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (historic)

Vale of Glamorgan

Isle of Wight

Cowbridge

Cowbridge is a market town in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. It is twinned with Clisson in the Loire-Atlantique Departments of France in northwestern France....
, Llantwit Major

Llantwit Major

Llantwit Major . Welsh language: Llanilltud Fawr -- llan church enclosure + Illtud + mawr great) is a small coastal town and community in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, lying on the Bristol Channel coast....
and Penarth

Penarth

Penarth is a town in the Vale of Glamorgan , Wales 5.2 miles south west from the Welsh capital city of Cardiff and lying on the north shore of the River Severn at the southern end of Cardiff Bay....

South Glamorgan County Council was abolished on April 1, 1996, with both district councils becoming unitary authorities

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national government....
. The unitary authorities took in four communities from Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan

Mid Glamorgan is a ceremonial preserved counties of Wales of Wales. From 1974 until 1996, it was also an administrative county, with a county council....
, with Wick, St Brides Major

St Brides Major

St. Brides Major is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales.The village is the location of St. Bridget's church , the Fox & Hounds and the Farmer's Arms pub, Pitcot Pool and St....
, and Ewenny

Ewenny

Ewenny 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....
going to the Vale of Glamorgan, with Pentyrch

Pentyrch

Pentyrch is a Welsh village, situated on the Cardiff West outskirts of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The village gives its name to a Cardiff local authority electoral ward, which covers the village and surrounding area....
and Creigiau

Creigiau

Creigiau is a dormitory settlement in the North Cardiff-West Cardiff of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The village currently has about 1,000 houses and a population of approximately 2,400 people....
becoming part of Cardiff.

South Glamorgan continues in existence as a preserved county for purposes such as lieutenancy, and as such includes those four communities.