West Glamorgan

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West Glamorgan is a former county in south Wales that included industrial and coastal towns such as Swansea and Port Talbot.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county
preserved county
borders Brecknockshire
linked to: Breconshire

Carmarthenshire
Dyfed
Mid Glamorgan
capital Swansea
category Former counties of Wales
Preserved counties of Wales
ceremonialLordLieutenantTitle Lord Lieutenant of West Glamorgan
contains Gower Peninsula
Neath
Port Talbot
Swansea
country United Kingdom
Wales
createdFrom Glamorgan
dateAbolishedAsAdministrativeCounty 1996-04-01
dateEstablished 1974-04-01
governmentType non-metropolitan county (1974–1996)
hasCoastlineOn Bristol Channel
hasIndustrialCentre Port Talbot
Swansea
hasLargestTown Swansea
hasPort Port Talbot docks
linked to: Port Talbot Docks

Port of Swansea
hasRuralArea Gower Peninsula
hasTransportInfrastructure M4 motorway
hasUrbanArea Swansea urban area
linked to: Swansea
historicCountyContext part of the historic county of Glamorgan
knownFor Gower beaches
coastal scenery
heavy industry
steel production
language English
Welsh
legislatedBy Local Government Act 1972
locatedIn south Wales
partOf Wales
region South West Wales
linked to: West Wales
sovereignState United Kingdom
statusAfter1996 preserved county for ceremonial purposes
successorAdministrativeUnit City and County of Swansea
Neath Port Talbot County Borough
timeZone Europe/London

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Port Talbot region West Glamorgan
Neath locatedIn West Glamorgan
Dyfed borders West Glamorgan
Glamorgan succeededBy West Glamorgan
subject linked to: historic county of Glamorgan
Mumbles region West Glamorgan
Neath North electoralRegion West Glamorgan
Neath North lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Swansea West county West Glamorgan
subject linked to: Swansea West constituency
Swansea Castle regionServed Swansea and Gower
linked to: West Glamorgan
River Afan region West Glamorgan
Mid Glamorgan borderedBy West Glamorgan
Skewen hasLieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Baglan ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Baglan lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Resolven ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Seven Sisters hasLieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Ystalyfera region West Glamorgan
Sandfields region West Glamorgan (historic)
linked to: West Glamorgan
Sandfields ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Sandfields lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Tonna ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Tonna lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Crynant hasCountrySubdivision West Glamorgan (preserved county)
linked to: West Glamorgan
Alltwen region West Glamorgan
Jersey Marine region West Glamorgan
Coedffranc Central partOf West Glamorgan
Coedffranc Central lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Cimla region West Glamorgan
Cimla lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Gnoll Country Park region West Glamorgan
Dulais Valley region West Glamorgan (historic county)
linked to: West Glamorgan
Afan Forest Park locatedInRegion West Glamorgan
Cymmer ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Cymmer lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Margam Moors region West Glamorgan
Neath Castle region West Glamorgan
Taibach region West Glamorgan (historic)
linked to: West Glamorgan
Taibach ceremonialCounty West Glamorgan
Trebanos lieutenancyArea West Glamorgan
Trebanos region West Glamorgan
Llangennith hasRegion West Glamorgan
Penmaen region West Glamorgan (historic)
linked to: West Glamorgan
Godre'r Graig region West Glamorgan (preserved county)
linked to: West Glamorgan
Llanrhidian region West Glamorgan (historic county)
linked to: West Glamorgan
Gwynfi region West Glamorgan