wales fact #8 - welsh counties
Wales is made up of 8 Preserved counties:
- Gwent
- South Glamorgan
- Mid Glamorgan
- West Glamorgan
- Dyfed
- Powys
- Gwynedd
- Clwyd
The 8 counties are currently used for ceremonial purposes such as Lord-Lieutenancy and are based on the administrative counties created by the Local Government Act 1972 and used for local government and other purposes between 1974—1996.
The Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 abolished the 8 administrative 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.
The preserved counties were originally almost identical to the 1974—1996 counties, but with a few minor changes intended to ensure preserved counties were composed of whole principal areas.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article “Preserved counties of Wales”.
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